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Mar 19, 2023 · (Photos of Belle Boyd and Nancy Hart Douglas courtesy of turbguy – pro and The Photographic History of the Civil War Soldier Life and Secret Service respectively) Only on WBOY.com. The West Virginia women that spied for the Confederacy. by: Christian Meffert. Posted: Mar 19, 2023 / 04:28 PM EDT. Updated: Mar 19, 2023 / 04:53 PM EDT.
Francis Miller's 1911 "Photographic History of the Civil War" repeats the claim Hart was captured by Lt. Col. Starr of the 9th West Virginia; a photograph was taken of Hart; she killed a guard with his own gun and a week later led a Confederate unit which captured Starr and the 9th West Virginia July 25, 1862. [3]
Aug 18, 2016 · 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.
Jan 21, 2014 · Francis Miller's 1911 Photographic History of the Civil War repeats the claim Hart was captured by Lt. Col. Starr of the 9th West Virginia; a photograph was taken of Hart; she killed a guard with his own gun and a week later led a Confederate unit which captured Starr and the 9th West Virginia July 25, 1862.
The activities of Nancy Hart helped the Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson in his famous Valley campaign. He was one of the greatest fighting generals in the Confederacy, born in Clarksburg, Virginia on January 21, 1824. Stonewall Jackson was raised of Scotch-Irish ancestry just like Nancy. The Valley Campaign was a spring 1862 ...
May 31, 2019 · Belle Boyd, Antonia Ford, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Nancy Hart Douglas, Laura Ratcliffe, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez: these women spied during the American Civil War, passing information to the Confederate States of America. Some were captured and imprisoned, while others escaped detection.
Nancy Hart. Title Patriot Spy and Frontierswoman. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / Patriot. Date of Birth - Death C. 1735 - 1830. Born around 1735 on either the Pennsylvania or the North Carolina frontier, Ann Morgan Hart, better known as Nancy, played an important role in the American Revolution as a notorious female rebel and spy.
