Born in Martinsburg, Virginia in 1844, she was a Washington debutante, and a pretty woman, who became a diehard secessionist at the start of the Civil War. She raised money for the Confederacy until 1861, when her career took a more active turn. ... More about Belle Boyd...
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Belle Boyd played the role of spy as if the war were a lighthearted game of charades. And she lived as if she were fashioning her days into the plot of a romantic story. During her lifetime she could have read about herself in at least two historical novels, although neither did justice to her dashing exploits.
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One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. ... While in England Belle Boyd Hardinge had a stage career and published Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison. She died while touring the western United States. (Sigaud, Louis, A., Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy,
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Belle Boyd, "Le Belle Rebelle" Confederate Spy, born Isabelle Boyd in Martinsburg, Va.(now West Virginia) on May 9 1844. she attended Mount Washington Female College in Baltimore, from 1856 to 1860. She was formally presented to Washingto DC society just before the Rebellion broke out.
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Belle Boyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Isabella Marie Boyd (May 9, 1844 – June 11, 1900), best known as Belle Boyd or Cleopatra of the Secession , was a Confederate spy in the American Civil War. She operated from her aunt's hotel in ...
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Berkeley County Historical Society ... The Belle Boyd House, located at 126 East Race Street, Martinsburg, WV, was a childhood home of Belle Boyd, Confederate spy and Berkeley County native. On different occasions during the Civil War she crossed military lines to pass information to General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson.
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After her widely publicized exploit at Front Royal, Belle Boyd became an object of suspicion to the Union War Department. She did not cease her activities, but continued to carry messages - some of them private letters for which she was paid - to Richmond.
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One of the most famous Confederate spies and undercover agents of the War Between the States was Marie Isabella "Belle" Boyd . Belle was born May 9, 1843, in Berkeley County, Virginia and spent most of her childhood and adolescent years in Martinsburg (now part of West Virginia).
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