Elizabeth Carraway Howland

Elizabeth Carraway Howland was a Confederate spy during American Civil War.

Union soldiers captured her town of New Bern, North Carolina. She made useful medicine for captured Confederate soldiers and helped Confederates smuggle food.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jill, Canon. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerphon Books, 2000.
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