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Belle Boyd to be reburied in Virginia after years in Wisconsin
The famed Confederate spy Belle Boyd, once buried in Kilbourn Wisconsin, is slated for reburial in Virginia. Her storied life includes nursing in Martinsburg, espionage for Stonewall Jackson and J E B Stuart, multiple arrests and prison escapes, and a later career as actress and lecturer. Her final resting place may return to her native Shenandoah Valley with annual Southern remembrance.
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Elle Boyd
Shenandoah
Kilbourn
Wis
Belle Boyd
Virginia
Wisconsin
England
Martinsburg
Mount Washington College
Staley
Washington City
Washington
Congress
Lincoln
Belle
Nadenbush
Boyd
Stonewall Jackson
J. E. B. Stuart
Shenandoah Valley
Jackson
General Shields
Harpers Ferry
Old Capitol
Stanton
Carroll
Fitchburg
Union
Samuel Harding
Canada
Harding
United States
Johnson
Academy of Music
New Orleans
Col
John Swainston Hammond
Nathaniel R. High
Toledo
High
Spring Grove
Woman’s Relief Corps
Marie Isabel High
W. A. Everman
Greenville
Miss
Valley
The
South