Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
Woman wbo Won BATH. Of eull Run.

In Harpers. william Gisruo.. Eeym-r
tells the true story II Mrs.. Grecnhnu, ii
Washington woman Of gentle birth vino
acted as Il spy for the confcd.racy and
Kave the information which resulted
in the confederate victory at Eull Hun.
washington lay rinEcd about with
camps ~ new formed regiments, drill
Ing fetrrishly. Already the press and
public had raised IN" cry ON to Rich
fnond.' When would they starty Where
would they frst striker IT. va. on
those two points that the confederate
plnn nf campaign hinged. IT was Mrs..
Gretuhow Who gave the Information.
TO General Eeaurcxard AT Mansssas.
whore hs snxinusIy awaited tfdinEs u
the federal advance. there came about
IN: 10th of july the. first message from
MR.. Gree'thew. ri. InessaEc old of
the intended advance Of the enemy
across the Potomac and on to Manas-
81 Via Fairfax cour house and Cen
fretu1c. IT "aA brought into the on
I.neratc Iincr by - young lady 81
Washington. Misc DuvaI. who, dis
Hu!sed AZ II marke, girl. carried the
message to - housc near Fairfax court
tiousc. occupied by the wife and daugh-
trrs tso,ithern born) ~ an officer IN
the federal army. General Bcauregard
ut once commenced hia preparations
FOR receiving the attack and sent one of
his hideH 10 President Davis to com
mnnicatc the Information and 10 urge
the iuIrnediat. concentration of the
Nchtttred confederate forces.
But stil the federal start was de-
laycd and the precise date waa ~ in
definite IN ever. II was during this
period Of uncertainty that q. I)Oncllan,
WHO. before Joining tho cOnfedcrates.
had been - clerk In the department OF
the interior, volunteered to return To
Washington for information. He WAS
armed with the two words trust bear
or. In Colonel Jordan'x cipher. and was
sent HcrOss the Potomac with lnStrtlc-
ions to report to- Mrs. Greenhow. He
arrived ut the very moment that she
most needed n messenger. Hastily
writing IN cipher her ali-important dis
patch, order issued for Mcdowell to
move on Manassas tonight she gavc
IL 10 DOncllai,. WHO was taken by her
agents in a buggy. with relays VI
horses. down the eastern shore Of the
Potomac u 81 ferry near DunnfrIes,
where he was fcrricd across. Cavalry
couricrs delivered the dispatch into
General Bcaurcgard's hands that night,
July 1G.
And the source ~ Mrs. Grecnhow's
information? She has made the state
tnent that she received a. copy Of the
order u Mcdowell Allan Pinkcrton
WAS not wrong whei, he said thnt she
had not used her powers In vain
among the officers Of the army
AT midday of the 18th there came
Colonel JOrdan'S reply:
"'YOurs was received at = O'Clock AT
night. Let them come; we are ready
for them. We rely upon you for pre-
else INFORMATION. he particular az 10
dcMrrtpti2 and destination OF forces,
quantity " artillery. etc
"Nhc was ready with fresh infOrma :
tiOn. and the messenger WAS sent back
with the news hat the fcderals in
tended to cut the Manassas Gap rail
road tn prevent Johnson. at WincheH-
Ter. from reinforcing BeauregArd. Att
or Tint there was nothing to he done
hut await the result Of the inevitable
battle. She had done her best. What
that hest wAA worth h learned whcI,
she received from Colonel Jordan the
treasured message:
"'Our president and our general d.
rect me to thank you. We rely upoi
Won for further Information. The con-
federacy owes . u debt
"When. the details Of the battle be-
came known. and she learned how the
last OF Johnson's $500 men (marched
10 General Rcaurcgard's aid because oi
her dispatchrs). had arrived at !
o'clock IN the day Of the battle ant:
had turned the wAvering federal army
into 4 mob nf panic stricken fugttives.
| ehc felt thMt the '~confederacy owed her
= debit indeed"