The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
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CAREER q H. :: Il OF . oYD, NoTED
Y ~ !, cTER.
who yyas Once, Exiled Sby Presiaent
Lincoln and Twice sentenced Is NJ II 81
One Man 81 to e ~. =
Country. HI 81
I The ne career 81 Belle Boyd, known as
the the q bel spy and who died il Wis
[co COZ s. the other day, was a; thrilling
one one She had just left sch DOL when the
civil ,1Ill war q; began. She had lover il
the Co q 4 dderate service without whom
she Thought ga she could not live, but she
married 'l'l another before the war was va
lover and an made him a traitor was as
divorced from a second husband TWEEN
ty years after her first marriage. and
within Mn I; q year after that married q
third b lr'1:s She. saw life in camps and
military ll;Itiary prisons, was a. prisoner on
ship lp BOARD, was banished from the
country .llty and after returning to It lived
in various states in the east, west and
south; was in an insane asylum for
q time, and afterward lectured
throughout on the! country, often under
the auspices of Grand Army posts. She
was about five feet five inches tail.
with bright eyes and aquiline nose,
and when she was young her hair was
described as Of "a reddish golden hue, =
Belle Boyds Career. %ss. \
Belle Boyd was born in Martinsburg.
w. Va, in 1913. Not quite Is years old
at the opening Of the war, she entered
with all her heart and spirit into the
service OF the Confederate cause. She
was resident within the Federal lines
and knew many of the officers and she,
used her acquaintance and her bland
ishments to gain from Them iuforma-
ton which would be of service to her
friends in the southern armies, to
whom she conveyed it at every oppor-
'tunIty. Many off her messages she sent
ito Gen. J. B.. B. Stuart. At favorable
9opportu mites she distracted the, side
arms OF her Federal acquaintance
when they left them careIessly about.
and these she forwarded to- the enemy.
She was suspected after a time, and
then one of her notes fell into the Fed
eral hands and she was arrested, repri-
manded and threatened, but Gen.
Shields set her at liberty. Gen. Shields.
she said afterward, was completely off
hrs guard and introduced her: to. Off
GERS Of his staff. T. t...,zs. r., -. =. 3
; Twice Sentenced to- BE, Shot.
. The night before Shields set out
after Stonewall Jac-son he announced
that he was going to- whip Jackson
and council OF war was held in what
had been the drawing room, of Bellies,
Aaunt's house: Through the floor Of a.
closet off a bedrooms allows the draw
lng-room a hole had been bored. Belle
crept up to- the closet and applied her,
ear to. it when the council assembled.
She was able, to- be OF such service. to
Jackson that be sent her, a letter after
his defeat of Gen BankA dated May;
%, 1862, thanking her for her :. s. ms ms
mense services 2 s. On jackson s, advice
she removed to w inc hester, and Jack
SON made her an aide on. his staff with
the rank Of captain, after which she,
rode a horse and associated with the,
staff officers when Lee and Longstreet
Inspected the forces and when the re-
view of the troops took place before
Lord Harrington and Col Leslie. Dur.
ing her career as a spy she was twice
sentenced to be shot, and was for
eleven months prisoner in the, Carr:
roll and Capitol prisons, at Washing
ton. 2% TAX, u ~ I.&s ...sE ~
% s$@:: &ss. Captured and Exiletf. '@.l%
Belle Boyd's career in the. MILITARY
service ended in 1864, when she was,
captured with dispatches on a block
ade runner. Lieut.. Sam Wylde Hard
ing of the navy, was put in charge Of
the blockade runner, which was order:
ed to Boston. The lieutenant and
Belle Boyd were thrown together a
good deal and left largely to Them,
selves. He quoted from Shakespeare
and Byron to her, she tells in her au-
tohiography. When he began to talk
of tender subjects she Thought 1. he
might become useful to her cause, So
when he asked her to become his wife
she told him that it might +: involve
serious consequences. He was ready
to face them, apparently, and renewed
his proposal while the ship was in
Long Island Sound on the way. to Bos-
ton. So she told him she would be
his wife. z.;s s.s s. .5 .s X 3s55
+: When they were coming to anchor
off the Boston navy yard Lieut. Hard
ing went forward to give some orders
and his hancee invited the two Yam
kee pilots who were aboard, to come
down to the cabin and have some
wine, which they did. The plain Of
the blockade runner, whom she called;
in her book, Capt II enry, and another.
man were Of the party. Harding had
called a small boat alongside prepare
tory to going ashore, and this boat had.
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