When the North and South were clashing against one another, fighting for what they believed in, spies played a huge part in most parts of the American Civil War.
Rose O Neale Short Biography
Rose O Neale Short Biography
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Rose Oâneal Greenhow was a Confederate Spy in the mid 19th century. She was born Maria Rosetta O Neale, 1813, in Maryland. She lived with her father, John Oâneal, a planter and slaveholder, and mother, Eliza Henrietta Hamilton. Rose was the third of five daughters, and was very close to her older sister, Ellen. She grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland with her family. Her father died when she was a girl, and as a result, her mother moved Rose and Ellen to live with their aunt in Washington, D.C. Here she met many important people and political leaders.