Betty Duvall
Betty Duvall Webb | |
|---|---|
| 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.
Biography
[edit]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]
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She died on July 3, 1891. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Rock Creek) - Lot 326 East" (PDF). Oak Hill Cemetery. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Jill, Canon. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 2000.
External links
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