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Biographies of Berkeley County, WV
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Source: The South in the Building of the Nation, Volume XI.
Richmond, Va.: The Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909.
Volume XI, page 443
HARDINGE, Mrs. Belle Boyd: b. Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.), about 1835.
Her father was Dr. Boyd of Martinsburg. During the war she was imprisoned for
some time as a Confederate spy, and her account of her exploits made her famous.
At the end of the war she married a Federal officer, from whom she was divorced
in 1868. After visiting Europe she became an actress in New York in 1868.
Her well-known book is: Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison (1865).
Submitted by: Valerie F.Crook
e-mail: vfcrook@trellis.net
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