Espionage

Belle Boyd: Belle Boyd was a Confederate spy famous for passing information to General Jackson during the Civil war. Up until 1861 she collected money for the Confederacy. Then, in 1862, she passed information to Jackson regaurding  his valley campaign. On May 23 of the same year she passed information to the general about the battle of Front Royal. She also delivered medical supplies and seized weapons for both General Jackson and General Beauregarde. During her career as a spy she was arrested twice. She was released both times due to lack of evidence. After she finished spying, she wrote an autobiography telling the tale of her adventures titled Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison.

Sarah Emma Edmonds: This Union spy is famous for playing a black slave named Frank Thomson. Her mission was 3 days of helping the Confederates build up fortifications at Yorktown. She came back to the Union delivering valueble information. Another mission she played Bridget O'Shea, an Irish merchant selling goods to Conferderate forces. This time she came back with not only information but also a stolen horse she called rebel.

Allan Pinkerton: This man was the world's first private detective. His company, Pinkerton National Detective Agency, had a logo with an eye on it. This logo inspired the phrase "private eye". There motto was "we never sleep". He was a Civil War Scout fpr the Union and protector of president Lincoln. Allan came from Glasgow, Scotland to America. Just outside of Chicago he started a barrel making shop. Since he was an abolishinist, his facility was a stop on the Underground Railroad. In the area he found counterfeiters, and by his discovery he started a career. In 1850 Pinkerton opened his previously mentioned detective agency.

Elizibeth Van Lew: Elizibeth was an abolitionist and Union spy during the Civil War. She was commonly called "Crazy Bet" because of her eccentric reputation. Because she was considered harmless she became a very effective spy at the Confederate capital. She also cared for fleeing prisoners of war. Some of the family slaves that were realesed stayed and became part of her spy ring.

Rose O'Neal Greenhow: This Confederate spy provided P.G.T. Beauregard with information about the Union for the First Battle of Bull Run. She was arrested in 1861, but then released in 1862. She was sent to Europe by Jefferson Davis. In 1864, while sailing on the blockade runner Condor. The ship was forced into a sandbar, and Rose drown because of the $2000 of gold she had with her.

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