Spies in the Civil War

By Lily Harris

Spies

a person who secretly collects and reports information on the

activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor

Spies basically gather information about the other side or sides

They pretend like they are one of the others and report back to their
side

Male Spies in the Union

Pryce Lewis

George Curtis

Timothy Webster

Henry Young

Philip Henson

http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/american-civil-war-spies.html

Women Spies in the Union

Elizabeth Van Lew

Harriet Tubman

Sarah Emma Edmonds

Mary Edwards Walker

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/women_spies_con.htm

Union spies and what they did

female

Harriet Tubman served as a spy and

a nurse in the Civil War and she
help burn bridges in the South

Sarah Emma Edmonds- disguised

herself as a black man to spy on
Confederate troops

Male Spies

George Curtis went into the South

as a merchant seller and gathered
important info came back never
suspected as a spy

Timothy Webster saved Lincoln's

life and then became a spy

Male Spies in the Confederate

William Norris

Jean Guzman

Henry Thomas Harrison

John Yates Beall

James Dunwoody Bulloch

Women Spies in the Confederacy

Belle Boyd

Rose Greenhow

Nancy Heart

Loreta Janeta Velazquez

Laura Ratcliffe

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/secretagents-in-hoop-skirts-women-spies-of-the-civil-war

Confederate Spies and what they did

Female

Nancy Heart- tricked a man into

showing her his gun and then killed
him with it

Laura Ratcliffe- she hid Mosbys

rangers under a rock near her
house

Male

Harrison- got info about the Unions

new army then once the info was
delivered Harrison vanished into
thin air and now his identity is
questioned

Quiz
1.

Name 3 spies for the Union.

2.

Name 3 spies for the Confederate.

3.

What were their jobs in general?

4.

Name a specific spy and what they did for the Union.

5.

Name a specific spy and what they did for the Confederate.

Sources

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"Tubman During the Civil War." Tubman During the Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web.
10 Jan. 2015.

"Secrets of Civil War Spies." Liberty Letters. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2015

Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations, n.d. Web. 08 Jan.

2015.

"Maria "Belle" Boyd." Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign

Relations, n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2015.

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "History of Female Spies of the Confederacy." N.p., n.d.
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Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2015.