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The 1st and only woman Medal of Honor recipient: A statue in her honor
The 1st and only woman Medal of Honor recipient: A statue in her honor | Medal of Honor News
Fayette Washington Roe - Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
Frances M. A. Roe wearing her husband’s West Point coatee, pictured with their dog.
Isabella Maria Boyd (May 4, 1844 – June 11, 1900), best known as Belle Boyd, as well as Cleopatra of the Secession and Siren of the Shenandoah, was a Confederate spy in the American Civil War. She operated from her father's hotel in Front Royal, Virginia, and provided valuable information to Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in 1862. Boyd's espionage career began by chance.
Unidentified young vivandière in Union uniform with barrel canteen and cup. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.
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