Belle Boyd in camp and prison / Belle Boyd ; with a new foreword by Drew Gilpin Faust ; and a new introduction by Sharon Kennedy-Nolle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900.

Boyd, Belle.

History.

Secret service.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Southern States.

United States.

Spies--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Spies.

Southern States.

Confederate States of America--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Louisiana paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1998.

Summary:

First published in 1865, Belle Boyd's memoir of her experiences as a Confederate spy has stood the test of time. Belle first gained notoriety when she killed a Union soldier in her home in 1861. During the Federal occupations of the Shenandoah Valley, she mingled with the servicemen and, using her feminine wiles, obtained useful information for the Rebel cause. In this new edition, Sharon Kennedy-Nolle and Drew Gilpin Faust consider the domestic side of the Civil War and assess the value of Boyd's memoir for social and literary historians.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Blelock & Co., 1865.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0807122149

OCLC:

37935137