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Maria Isabella Boyd (May 9, 1844 – June 11, 1900), best known as Belle Boyd (and dubbed the Cleopatra of the Secession or Siren of the Shenandoah, and later the Confederate Mata Hari) was a Confederate spy in the American Civil War.
Only 17 years old when the Civil War began, Isabella “Belle” Boyd would become one of the most famous female Confederate spies, hailed by some as the “Cleopatra of Secession.”. Her colorful postwar life also included several marriages and stints as an actress and author.
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM. Belle Boyd, Civil War Spy. The so-called “Siren of Shenandoah” stole weapons and carried letters in service to the Confederacy. Kat Eschner. May 9, 2017. Belle Boyd in...
On July 4, Belle Boyd shot and killed a drunken Union soldier who, as she wrote in her post-war memoirs, "addressed my mother and myself in language as offensive as it is possible to conceive. I could stand it no longer...we ladies were obliged to go armed in order to protect ourselves as best we might from insult and outrage."
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May 9, 2024 · Belle Boyd was a spy for the Confederacy during the American Civil War and later an actress and lecturer. Boyd attended Mount Washington Female College in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1856 to 1860. In Martinsburg, Virginia, at the outbreak of the Civil War, she joined in fund-raising activities on.
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By Encyclopedia Virginia Belle Boyd was one of the most famous Confederate spies during the American Civil War (1861–1865), repeatedly and under dangerous circumstances managing to relay ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Belle Boyd (1844–1900) SUMMARY. Belle Boyd was one of the most famous Confederate spies during the American Civil War (1861–1865), repeatedly and under dangerous circumstances managing to relay information on Union troop strengths and movements to Confederate commanders in the field.
