"Captain" Belle Boyd, 8 X 10 Color

Description

• 8x10"
• Original Civil War Image Restored & Tinted
• Source: Library of Congress Collection

'Captain' Belle Boyd; Spy - Southern States of America Belle Boyd was a 17 year old girl when the war started. This fun loving redhead was not someone you would think of as a spy, but that is what made her effective. Just a few months after the start of the war her town of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) was already in Union hands. On the Fourth of July she hung a Southern flag from her home. Union soldiers quickly replaced it with an American flag. Already angered, she could no longer take it when one of the soldiers cursed her mother. She pulled a pistol and shot him. She was placed under house arrest pending an investigation. Sentries were posted around the house to keep track of her. She charmed the Captain into revealing military secrets. She used her slave Eliza to pass the message to Southern hands, but was quickly caught. Now facing death for spying and still under investigation for the shooting, she felt this was the perfect time to become a better spy. Perhaps due to her age, or that she was a woman, the matter was dropped and she resumed her business. In May of 1862, General Shields met with his staff in the hotel owned by Belles father. Hiding in a closet she listened as the battle plans were drawn up. Riding under false papers, Belle was able to pass the information to the South. A few days later Stonewall Jackson passed near the town. She managed to make her way again through the lines to meet him. She told one of the officers to tell Jackson, The Yankee force is very small. Tell him to charge right down and he will catch them all. Jackson personally wrote her a note to thank her after he was able to use the information to his advantage. She was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor and the title of Captain for her service.

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