Confederate spy rose oneal greenhow biography
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Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1817–1864) and her daughter Rose |
Rose O’Neal Greenhow was the Confederacy’s most celebrated female spy at the start of the Civil War. A popular Washington widow and hostess, Mrs. Greenhow moved easily in the social circles of the nation’s capital. Few were better connected than she when hostilities commenced in the spring of 1861. Rose O'Neal Greenhow - American Battlefield TrustAn ardent Southern sympathizer, she used her ample charms and guile to pass along to Confederate officials information on the defenses of Washington and Union troop movements. She is credited with alerting the rebels of enemy military operations just prior to the Battle of Manassas. The success of her clandestine activities can be gauged by the surveillance she received from the noted detective Allan Pinkerton. Although he put her under house arrest and ultimately had her confined in the Old Capitol Prison, Mrs. Greenhow w INTEL - Rose Greenhow - GIQ |