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Shots rang out in the Boyd family's home and there stood Belle Boyd, holding a gun in her hand. A Union officer had been shot because he got into a confrontation with Belle's mother and she would not stand to to see a man ta lk to her mother that way. She was not punished because when her action was investigated, the commanding Union officer decided that she had acted properly in the given situation. After committing this act, Boyd's career as the "Rebel Spy" had begun.

Before she started her career as a spy, Belle Boyd started her childhood in Martinsburg, Virginia. She was born there on June 11, 1844. Her family had deep southern roots and was very successful. Along with being high spirited, Boyd was also strong-willed and quick-witted as a child. She was a debutante while she was younger before becoming a spy. Her education came from Mount Washington Female College. Though she lived in an area that was filled with supporters of the Union, her family supported the Confederate cause.

Boyd started out as an informal spy and gathered the information that she could. When she obtained anything important, she wrote it down into letters. These letters were transported to the Confederate cause with the help of her slave. Her flirtatious personality …show more content…
She started the job by carrying information and transporting medical supplies. People far and wide had heard about her identity and her activities by the time she was 18 and the press wrote articles about her. She coined nicknames like "Cleopatra of the Secession" and "La Belle Rebelle". Being well known led her to being imprisoned, but she was only held there for about a week. Boyd's greatest work came in May 1862 when she discovered information for Thomas Jackson that helped him and his forces recapture the town of Fort Royal. She was arrested once again two months later for her work with the Confederate

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