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Charles William Bell. [This is the Memorial for Betsy Morris, 74815074, who represents one-half of the double grave about which Bell wrote.] ================== Nancy Hart's Historic Marker commemorating the capture and escape of Confederate spy Nancy Hart in 1862, located on the east lawn of the Nicholas County Courthouse in Summersville,...
Jul 25, 2018 · According to tradition, Rebel spy Nancy Hart led a Confederate raid on the Union position at Summersville in Nicholas County on July 25, 1862. Hart was only in her late teens at the time. Early in the Civil War, she’d worked closely with the Confederate Moccasin Rangers as a scout and spy.
Feb 17, 2022 · Nancy Hart Douglas was a pro-Confederate rebel with the Moccasin Rangers and a spy during the American Civil War. Composite by Coffee or Die Magazine. Nancy Hart Douglas (better known as simply Nancy Hart) entered the world of espionage first with the Moccasin Rangers .
Mar 19, 2023 · CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia has its own unique history when it comes to the Civil War, and the break that the mountain state made from Virginia in order to join the Union was far from clean. There were still those determined to fight or spy for the Confederacy, including two notorious West Virginia women, Maria Boyd and Nancy ...
NANCY HART - Confederate Spy The women of the mountain districts of Virginia were as ready to do scout and spy work for the Confederate leaders as were their men-folk. Famous among these fearless girls who knew every inch of the regions in which they lived was Nancy Hart.
Nancy Hart Douglas (1846-1902) Confederate Spy. Nancy was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, but grew up in Tazewell, Virginia. In October of 1861, she moved in with her sister & brother-in-law who were living in present-day Roane County, West Virginia. After Nancy’s brother-in-law was murdered by Union soldiers, she had a strong hatred for the ...
May 1, 2018 · National Women's Historical Society — Nancy Morgan Hart. The National Women’s Historical Society is a Mississippi-based nonprofit corporation. All donations made to the National Women’s Historical Society are tax-deductible. Some women are born into greatness. Some women take it by force.
