The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-17
SHE Won BULL RUN
4 WASHINGTON SOCIETY WOMAN
ACTED as A SPY.

Mrs. Greenhow Kept Generals John
ston and Beauregard Posted as to
Federal Troops.
IN Harper's, for March, William
Gilmore Beymer tells the true story
Of Mrs. Greenhow, Washington wo-
man OF gentle birth who acted as
spy for the Coniederacy and gave the
information which resulted in the
Confederate victory at Bull Run.
Washington lay ringed about
with camps Of new-formed regiments,
drilling feverishly. Already the
press and public had raised the cry,
On to Richmond When would they
start? Where would they first
strike? It was on those two points
that the Confederate plan of cam
paign hinged. It was Mrs. Green
how who gave the information. To
Gen. Beauregard at Manassas, where
he anxiousiy awaited ti6ings of the
Federal advance, there came about
the 10th Of July the first message
from Mrs. Greenhow. The message
told Of the intended advance Of the
enemy across the Potomac and on
to Manassas via Fairfax Court House
frn,
into the Confederate lines by young
lady of Washington. Miss Duval,
who, disguised as market girl, car
ried the message to a house near
Fairfax Court House, occupied by the
wife and daughters (Southern) OF an
officer in the Federal army. Gen.
Beauregard at once commenced his
preparations for receiving the attack,
and sent one Of his aides to Presi-
dent Davis to communicate the in
formation and to urge the immediate
concentration OF the scattered Con-
iederate forces.
But still the Federal start was
delayed, and the precise date was as
| indefinite as ever. It was during
this period Of uncertainty that G.
Donellan, who, before joining the
Cenfederates, had been clerk in the
department of the interior, volunteer
ed to return to Washington for infor'
Imaiion. He was armed with the two
words Trust Bearer in Col Jordan's
cipher, and was sent across the Po.
tomac with instructions to report tc
Mrs. Greenhow. He arrived at the
very moment that she most needed q
messenger. Hastily writing in ciphe!
her all-important dispatch, Order IS
tsued for Mcdowell to move on Man
assas tonight she gave It to Don.
elan, who was taken by her agents
in buggy, with relays of horses
down the eastern shore Of the Poton
&C to a ferry near Dumfries, where he
was ferried across. Cavalry courier:
delivered the dispatch into Gen. Beau
regards hands that night, July 16.
"And the source OF Mrs. Gre2
how's information? She has made
the statement that she received {
copy of the order to MCDOWELL AL
Ian Pinkerton was not wrong wher
he said that she had not used hel
powers in vain among the officers O:
the army
'At midday Of the l7th there came
Col. Jordan's reply:
"'Yours was received at S O'CLOCK
at night. Let them come; we are
ready for them. We rely upon yor
for precise information and destina
ton of forces, quantity of artillery
ETC.
''She was ready with fresh infor.
nation, and the messenger was sem
back with the news that the Federals
intended to cut the Manassas GaE
Railroad to prevent Johnson, at Win
chester, from reinforcing Beauregard
After that there was nothing to be
done but await the result Of the inev'
liable battle She had done her best
What that best was worth she learned
when she received from Col. Jordan
the treasured message:
"'Our President and our genera
direct me to thank you. We rely
upon you for further information
The Confederacy owes you a debt
when the details Of the battle be
came known, and she learned how
the last Of Johnson's $500 men
! (marched to Gen. Beauregard's ai6
because Of her dispatches) had ar
rived at three o'clock on the day Of
the battle and had turned the waver.
ing Federal army into mob Of pan
|ic-stricken fugitives, she felt that the
| 'Confederacy owed her debt in
deed"
| He IS real man who possesses
6ne feelings and graces. for he Is
ever considerate OF the feelings and
we'll being Of others.
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