Betty Duvall Webb | |
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Birth name | Elizabeth Duvall |
Born | c. 1845 |
Died | July 3, 1891 | (aged 45–46)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Spouse(s) | John Converse Webb |
Children | 3 |
Elizabeth Duvall Webb (c. 1845 – July 3, 1891) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.
Elizabeth Duvall [1] was from Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of Eli Duvall Sr. and Sarah (née Thompson) Duvall. She was descended from the immigrant Mareen Duvall.
Washington D.C.-based spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow gave her a note about a Union plan for the first Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) to give to General P. G. T. Beauregard; Duvall carried it tucked in her hair. She continued to be a spy, and for one of her missions she brought her cousin. [2]
She married John Converse Webb. They had three children. [1]
She died on July 3, 1891. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. [1]
Betty Duvall Webb | |
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Birth name | Elizabeth Duvall |
Born | c. 1845 |
Died | July 3, 1891 | (aged 45–46)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Spouse(s) | John Converse Webb |
Children | 3 |
Elizabeth Duvall Webb (c. 1845 – July 3, 1891) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.
Elizabeth Duvall [1] was from Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of Eli Duvall Sr. and Sarah (née Thompson) Duvall. She was descended from the immigrant Mareen Duvall.
Washington D.C.-based spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow gave her a note about a Union plan for the first Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) to give to General P. G. T. Beauregard; Duvall carried it tucked in her hair. She continued to be a spy, and for one of her missions she brought her cousin. [2]
She married John Converse Webb. They had three children. [1]
She died on July 3, 1891. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. [1]