The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-29

ters and a court of inquiry was held Gen
eral Patterson said she did right and under
the same circumstances he hoped every
southern girl would do the same. The in
cident got into the northern papers, ana
'like "a white elephant" as she expressed
it. she was pointed out as the thousands OF
troops came into town as being the most
dangerous rebel in the country.
The Great General.
j. kaon discovered her merit as 3. spy
ard gave her a permit to pass anywhere
through his lines and she often rode
through the dark lonely hours of night to
carry news to Jackson and Stewart of>the
movements of the enemy.
At the battle of Front Royal she ran
across the battlefield under the firing of both
armies with important news to Jackson.
THIS saved the bridge from being burned
ana jackson from being henmed in. This led
to her imprisonment in Washington, from
which she was afterwari exchanged, along
with 300 confederate prisoners. and sent TO
Richmond.
She was then made captain in the regular
confederate army and wore a riding cos
tune. As captain she was atde-de-camp on
the staff of Stonewall Jackson on detached
service. In the winter of 1863 she was sent
to Knoxville on secret service. also : sing
n tour on government business to Mont
eomery. Mobile ana Charleston. In this
last place She was a guest for week OF
General Beauregard. She then returned, in
the summer OF 1864 10 the valley of Nir-
giuia.
The battle of Charlottesville was fought
and Jackson was killed Quickly following
the battle of Gettysburg, at which time she
acted as courier, bearing dispatches be
tween Gettysburg and Richmond. She was
then taken prisoner and placed in Carroll
rrison i'm the city of Washington, and While
there was tried rs a spy and sentenced 10
be shot. She was week under sentence
Of death and four federal officers We're at
the time held by the confederate govern
ment in the south to share whatever late
should be visited upon her. Through pow
erfui influences brought TO bear on ne case
her life was saved and Lincoln refused TO
sign her death warrant she was theh eA-
changed. 4 few days after her ARRIVAL IN
WASHINGTON her father Benjamin -'eld
BOYD. died I'm that city with congestion OF
the brain, caused by the intense excitement
he had undergone IN securing he' 0"iiii''S' "a
zion of sentence.
II would take pages to give all the minor
details of her career. in the spring CT 1904
she was sent with dispatches TO johnston
army. located between Nicksburg ana AT
Ionta. She had great difficulty in reaching
Johnston but finally did so and delivered
nor dispatches in March, 1861. She then
,,aao d brief visit TO Cassvillo on the West
ann ANA Atlantic railroad as the guest of
NJ NcNrurrav. wife OF Judge McMurray,
and then 90 Atlanta, staying n few days
Mt the principal hotel there, and then to
Augusta and took part i'm one OF these
cities. she forgets which. in some tableauX
for confederate soldiers. Then TO Ken
mond by way of Charlotte, \. g.
ON Board the Greyhound.
In Nav 1864. President Davis ordered
h.ats En lie
patches which were to bs carried to Eu-
rome bv the way of Bermuda, a mission to
H. perrorued i'm England for the confed-
crate government. She left Richmond and
went to Wilmington. \. c., at that time
the great blockade running port.
ON May s. 1861, she sailed on board the
GREYHOUND. dying tne British flag under
CAPTAIN George IT. Beers, ex-captain of
the United States navy, under the rame of
Cartain Henry. They had a heavy cargo
of cotton two large kegs II gold. two 9TH
or passengers, herself and her two ser
v.nts, one an Irish girl who was her maid
aad coiored maid. On the afternoon of
May Jth they were captured by the United
States man of war Connecticut and she
was carried to Boston ana kept a prisoner
Tor a few days in the fremont hotel. BY
a courtmartial by reason of her being
captured under British flag she was not
shot but banished She was carried to
canada ana OTueFeu newer ~ put HeF loot
on United States soil again or she would
ie shot without trial.
\ young lieutenant on the Connecticut,
sam Hardnge fell in love with his fair
captive. She got his signal book which
She afterwards gave TO the captain of the
Greyhound, whom she met in Canada. She
sent the signal book into the south by
way of the blockade and then sailed for
England from Quebec on board the
Damascus and arrived in London CARRYING
all of her dispatches safely through
She was followed across the ocean by her