Belle Boyd
Spy
1844-05-09 – 1900-06-11
Belle Boyd was an American Confederate spy during the U.S. Civil War and later became a public lecturer and writer.
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Quotes by Belle Boyd
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The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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What a jolly thing military surveillance is!
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My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled all Europe and filled her inhabitants with horror - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
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I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.
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If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.
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