The Story Of Rose O’Neal Greenhow, The Civil War Spy Who Smuggled Secrets To The Confederacy
Rose O’Neal Greenhow’s information helped the South win the first major battle of the Civil War — and she was later buried with full military honors after drowning in 1864. Bettmann / Getty ImagesConfederate undercover agent Rose O’Neal Greenhow with her daughter “ Little Rose ” in the court of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington , D.C. 1862 . When Rose O’Neal Greenhow first arrived in Washington D.C. as a untested girl , most dismissed her for her “ dispirited birth ....