The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
WOMAN WHO WON BULL RUN.
Mrs. Greenhow, Washington Society
Woman, Acted as Spy.


of Mrs. Greenhow, a Washington wo-
man of gentle birth who acted as
spy for the Confederacy and gave
the information which resulted in the
Confederate victory of Bull Run.
washington lay ringed about with
camps of new formed regiments,
drilling feverishly. Already the press
and the public had raised the cry,
On to Richmond When would
they start? Where would they first
strike? 1t was on these two points
that the Confederate plan of cam
paign hinged. 1t was Mrs. Green
how who gave the information. To
Gen. Beauregard at Manassas, where
he anxiously awaited tidings of the
Federal advance, there came about
the 10th of July the message from
Mrs. Greenhow. The message told
of the intended advance of the enc
nv across the Potomac and on to
Manassas via Fairfax Court House
and Centreville. It was brought in
to the Confederate lines by young
lady of Washington, Miss Duvai,
who, disguised as a market girl, car
ried the message to house near
Fairfax Court House, occupied by the
wife and daughters (southern born)
of an officer in the federal army. Gen.
Beauregard at once commenced his
preparation for receiving the at
tack, and sent one of his aides to
President Davis to communicate the
information and to urge the ime-
date concentration of the scattered
Confederate forces.
'.But still the Federal start was de-
layed, and the prescise date was as
indefinite as ever. 1t was during
this period of uncertainty that G.
Donelan, who before Joining the
Confederates, had been a clerk in
the department of the interior, VOL
unteered to return to Washington for
information. He was armed with the
two words Trust Bearer in Col. Jor-
dams cipher, and was sent across the
Potomac with instructions to report
to Mrs. Greenhow. He arrived at the
very moment that she most needed
messenger. Hastily writing in cipher
her all-important dispatch. Orders
issued for Mcdowell to move on Ma
nassas tonight she gave it to Donel-
Ian, who was taken by her agents in
a buggy, with relays of horses, down
the eastern shore of the Potomac to
a ferry near Dumfries, where he was
ferried across. Cavalry couriers de-
livered the dispatch into Gen. Beau
regards hands that night, July Is.
e "And the source of Mrs. Green
how's information? She has made
the statment that she received a
copy of the order to Mcdowell AL
len Pinkerton was not wrong when
he said that she had not used her
powers in vain among the officers of
the army
cat midday of the 18th there came
Col. Jordan's reply:
"'Yours was received at 8 o'clock
at night. Let them come; we are
ready for them. We rely upon you
for precise information. Be par
ticular as to description and destina-
tion of forces, quantity of artillery,
etc.
'sShe was ready with fresh infor-
nation, and the messenger was sent
with the news that the Federals in
intended to cut the Manassas Gap
railroad to prevent Johnson, at Win
chester, from reinforcing Beaure-
gard. After that there was nothing
to be done but await the result Of
the inevitable battle. She had done.
her best. What that best was worth
was learned when she received from.
Col. Jordan the treasured message:
"'Our president and our general
direct me to thank you. We rely
upon you for further information.
The Confederacy owes you a debt
after the result of the battle be-.
came known, and she learned how the
last of Johnson's $500 men (march-
ed to Gen. Beauregard's aid because
of her dispatches) had arrived at 8
o'clock on the day of the battle and
had turned the wavering Federal
army into a mob of panic stricken
fugitives, she felt that the 'Confed-
eracy owed her a debt indeed
Athens Bankers to Face Court.