 Were the men really that stupid or did they just underestimate women that much?  She was just a hateful person and she trained her daughter to be hateful too. I don’t understand how Rose Greenhow kept getting Union officials to sleep with her and tell her secrets in the middle of a war.  If she had lived today she’d be getting herself on reality tv shows.  Belle Boyd seemed to be mostly focused on keeping herself famous.
That was partially because they were on the side of the Union and partially because the other two were just so awful. She was even able to place a former servant of hers in the Confederate White House to read Jefferson Davis’ papers while she was cleaning.Īll of these women were brave but I enjoyed reading about Emma and Elizabeth most. After serving as a nurse she was chosen to act as a spy – sometimes going “undercover” as a woman.Įlizabeth Van Lew was a wealthy spinster in Richmond who ran a large spy ring to pass messages from the Confederate capital to the north. Rose Greenhow was a Southern socialite who used got information from her powerful Union lovers and also used her daughter to pass messages for her.Įmma Edmons cut her hair and enlisted in the Union Army as Frank Thompson.
She then went on to be a spy who reported to Stonewall Jackson. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbottīelle Boyd was a loyal Confederate who shot a Union officer in her parlor.
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