Rose oneal greenhow grave
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow Papers
An On-line Archival Collection
Special Collections Library, Duke University
About Rose O'Neal Greenhow.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in "Wild Rose", as she was called from a young age, was a leader in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in the Civil War. Among her accomplishments was the secret message she sent to General Pierre G.T. Beauregard which ultimately caused him to win the battle of Bull Run. She spied so successfully for the Confederacy that Jefferson Davis credited her with winning the battle of Manassas.
She was imprisoned for her efforts first in her own home and then in the Old Capital Prison. Despite her confinement, Greenhow continued getting messages to the Confederacy by means of cryptic notes which traveled in unlikely places such as the inside of a woman's bun of hair. After her second prison t
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Confederate spy during the American Civil War
Rose O'Neal Greenhow ([1]&#; October 1, ) was a famous Confederate spy during the American Civil War. A socialite in Washington, D.C., during the period before the war, she moved in important political circles and cultivated friendships with presidents, generals, senators, and high-ranking military officers including John C. Calhoun and James Buchanan.[2] She used her connections to pass along key military information to the Confederacy at the start of the war. In early , she was given control of a pro-Southern spy network in Washington, D.C., by her handler, Thomas Jordan, then a captain in the Confederate Army. She was credited by Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, with ensuring the South's victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in late July
The government found that information was being leaked and the trail led to Rose Greenhow's residence. As punishment, Greenhow was subject