Tag: belle boyd
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150 years ago, July 1862
150 years ago, July 1862 One month ago, the Army of the Potomac listened to Richmond’s church bells. Now they are at Harrison’s Landing covered by gunboats on the James River. On the first, the Battle of Malvern Hill ends the Seven Days’ Campaign. The Army of Northern Virginia has suffered 20,141 causalities, about 4,300 […]
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Fiction Review: The Shenandoah Spy
The Shenandoah Spy: Being the True Life Adventures of Belle Boyd, CSA, the ‘Confederate Cleopatra’ By Francis Hamit In his novel, The Shenandoah Spy, Francis Hamit weaves facts and fiction around the espionage activities of the legendary Confederate spy Belle Boyd, creating an entertaining storyline that includes her real-life encounters with other well known historical […]