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Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1813 [1] – October 1, 1864) was a famous Confederate spy during the American Civil War.A socialite in Washington, D.C., during the period before the war, she moved in important political circles and cultivated friendships with presidents, generals, senators, and high-ranking military officers including John C. Calhoun and James Buchanan. [2]
Lily Mackall (sometimes, Lillie Mackall) (c. 1839 – December 12, 1861) was a messenger for Rose Greenhow, a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.Arrested with Greenhow, they were held under house arrest, although Mackall was allowed to leave freely and used this to smuggle out some of the most sensitive documents in her shoes. [1]
Tragedy struck the family when Greenhow's husband died falling off an elevated sidewalk in California and succumbing to internal soon after little Rose's birth. After his death, Greenhow saw her oldest child Florence move west, and later, just before the Civil War, Gertrude died. Greenhow's sympathy for the Confederate cause grew after her ...
As Greenberg's death gets a new look by the city's medical examiner for the first time in 14 years, former homicide Det. Ted Williams told Fox News Digital he believes "there is a need to ...
Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy will play sisters in Peacock’s forthcoming adaptation of The Good Daughter. Based on the best-selling novel by Karin Slaughter — who also pens the Will Trent book ...
Dr. Robert Greenhow, son of Robert Greenhow and later the husband of noted Confederate spy Rose Greenhow, survived the fire along with his father; his mother was killed in the blaze. [25] [26] Another survivor was former U.S. Congressman John G. Jackson, then serving in the Virginia General Assembly. [27]
Contrary to rumors she has seen circulating online, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's baby daughter is "safe and healthy," she says. At the top of the list was a rumor regarding her daughter, whom she and ...
She was the daughter of Eli Duvall Sr. and Sarah (née Thompson) Duvall. She was descended from the immigrant Mareen Duvall. Washington D.C.–based spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow gave her a note about a Union plan for the first Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) to give to General P. G. T. Beauregard; Duvall carried it