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Yankee Spy in Richmond
David D. Ryan
Stackpole Books · Paperback · January 1, 2001
Reading lane: Civil War Era
She walked the streets of Richmond dressed in farm woman’s clothing, singing and mumbling to herself.
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- Authors
- David D. Ryan
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Published
- January 1, 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Civil War Era · 19th-Century America
- Reading lane
- Civil War Era
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She walked the streets of Richmond dressed in farm woman’s clothing, singing and mumbling to herself. Soon her suspicious and condescending neighbors began referring to her as “Crazy Bet.” But she wasn’t mad; she had purpose in her doings. She wanted people to think she was insane so that they would be less likely to ask her questions and possibly discover her goal: to defeat the South and to end slavery. Elizabeth Van Lew, of Crazy Bet, was General Ulysses S. Grant’s spy in...
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