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Famous Secret Service Agents in the Civil War
A survey of women and men who served as spies in the Civil War, from Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew to Pauline Cushman and Tim Webster. The piece recounts Belle Boyd’s acts at Shenandoah and Winchester, Lizzie Van Lew’s daring dispatches and body snatching, Cushman’s major rank, and the dangers faced by young informants like Sam Davis, plus other covert deeds across the Union and Confederate lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonewall Jackson
Napoleon
Stonewall
Belle Boyd
Jackson
Banke
Shenandoah
Shields
Miss Boyd
Shield
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Federain
Liberty
Navy
Prince of Wales
Edward VI
Elizabeth B. van Lew
Richmond
Lizzie van Lew
Libby
Lizzie
Grant
Col
Ulric Dahlgren
Rosa B. Greenhow
Washington
Miss Duval
Beauregard
McDowell
Johnson
Bull Run
Davia
Northern Secret Service
Lafayette C. Baker
Baker
Allan Pinkerton
Timothy Webster
Webster
South
Alabama
Baltimore
Knights of Liberty
War Department
Pittsburgh
Pinkerton
Plattle Lewis
Jefferson Davis
Hattie Leowis
Pauline Cushman
Pauline
Thomas
Nashville
Stanton
Maj
Belle Reynolds
Illinois
Sam Davis
Brage
Tennessee
Davis
Grenville M. Dodge
Nathan Hale
Dodge
Prioe
Maryland
Virginia
Custis Grymes
George Washington
Stuart
Quantrell
Mack Williams
Williams
Fairfax Court House
Mosby
New York Times