Georgia Spies

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By: Gabriel Kendrick

Georgia Spies of the

Confederacy

A spy is a person who secretly collects and reports

information on the activities, movements, and plans
of an enemy or competitor.

In this case the enemy to this Confederacy would be

the Union

These Civil War Confederate spies were given orders

to sneak onto enemy lines and either keep track of pacific
people or find and steal certain documents they could make
any difference in the war.

Belle Boyd

One of the most important and one of the most

famous spies of the Confederacy during the Civil
War.

Her full name is Isabella Marie Boyd and she

attended the Mount Washington College in
Baltimore.

Also she was born in Martinsburg, Virginia on March

9, 1844 and died on June 11, 1900.

Rose ONeal Greenhow

Rose ONeal Greenhow was a successful and

celebrated Confederate spy in Washington and a
courier to Europe during the Civil War.

She was born during the year 1917 in Montgomery,

Maryland and died October 1, 1964.

Some of the things she is known for include creating her own
organization of spies in the Union capital, using the
information to help the Confederacy win several battles, and
was sentenced to prison and remained unchanged and
unintimidated by it by time she left.

Sam Davis

Often referred to as the Boy Hero of The

Confederacy Sam Davis was a spy for the civil war
and in 1861 at the age of 18 joined the 1st
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry and went to war for the
Confederacy.

He was born October 6, 1842 in Rutherford,

Tennessee and died November 27, 1863.

He also took part in Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah

Valley Campaign and the Battle of Shiloh.

He was also wounded at the Battle of Perryville and

had to take time to recover.

Georgia Spies of The

Union

The Union spies were sent to Confederacy

territory to gather information to help put
an end to the Confederate rebellion.

They worked much like the Confederate

spies but they were on the different
opposing side of the war. They were sided
with the Union.

LaFayette Baker

LaFayette Baker was one of the leading American

Civil War spies who served the Union government.

When he heard word of the rebellion Baker decided to

see if he could secure some sort of position with the
Union army.

Somehow he later received an interview with the

general who at that time was General Winfield Scott.

Also he was later asked to undertake anespionage

mission as a Union spy into Confederate territory.

Timothy Webster

He was a Union spy, and the first Civil War spy to be

executed.

He was born in England during the year 1822 and was

also the one who stopped the attempted assassination
on President Lincoln before he became officially elected
saving Lincolns life.

Later that same year the Civil War began, and Union
GeneralGeorge B. McClellan hired Pinkerton who was
Websters instructor when he was a detective and his
men to gather intelligence for him.

This is when Timothy Webster began his life as a Union

spy.

Mary Bowser

Was a former slave who became a Union spy and also infiltrated
the Confederate White House.

At some point during the first couple years of the war Mary
succeeded in getting a position as a servant in the Confederate
White House after becoming a Union spy.

Mary became privy to information intended only for Confederate

President Jefferson Davis and other important documents.

This was only possible because she was assumed be illiterate so

no effort was made to keep Mary from seeing secret or important
documents.

Sources

"American Civil War Spies." American Civil

War Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2015.

"Women Spies in the Civil War." Civil War

Saga. N.p., 26 Sept. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2015

URL and easybib.com citation below

"Spying in the Civil War Exclusive Videos & Features."

History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 13
Jan. 2015.

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/civil-war-spies/videos