tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29718807.post3045049242076804347..comments2023-06-26T11:23:50.414+01:00Comments on Black, Woman and Winning!: Black History Heroines -The Union Spy Mary Elizabeth BowserUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29718807.post-11143379401295500832012-03-01T03:22:57.554+00:002012-03-01T03:22:57.554+00:00Found a little more info here:
http://www.newworl...Found a little more info here: <br />http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mary_Elizabeth_Bowser<br /><br /><br />I liked this: <i>.. in January 1865, as the war was coming to a close, Mary Bowser fled from Richmond... Jefferson Davis is known to have suspected a leak from the Confederate White House, and some think that Mary's work as a spy had finally become suspected. Before she left, Mary reportedly attempted to burn down the Confederate White House, but was unsuccessful..</i><br /><br />A brave woman.arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169247585979590675noreply@blogger.com