Record #:

6586

Author(s):

Pittard, Janet C.

Abstract:

Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow used her high-society connections in Washington, D.C., to gather information of value to the South during the Civil War. Imprisoned by the North, then later deported to Richmond, she went to Europe in 1862 to try to win support for the Southern cause. On her return in 1864, her ship, trying to evade a ship mistaken for a Union gunboat, ran aground off Wilmington. Greenhow drowned attempting to reach shore.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 11, Apr 2004, p25-26, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women spies