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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Prisoners of war (search)
oln, who overruled the secretary. Other paroled officers were ordered to duty before exchange, but all declined. Mrs. Greenhow, the Confederate spy, with her daughter, in the old capitol prison Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a zealous and trusteGreenhow, a zealous and trusted friend of the Confederacy, lived in Washington at the opening of the war. It was she who, on July 16, 1861, sent the famous cipher message to Beauregard, Order issued for McDowell to move on Manassas to-night. Acting on this, Beauregard promptly aected attack, while Johnston and Stonewall Jackson hastened from the Valley to aid in repelling the Federal advance. Mrs. Greenhow's secret-service work was cut short on August 26th, when Allan Pinkerton, the Federal detective, arrested her and putere until April, 1862. On June 2d, after pledging her world not to come north of the Potomac until the war was over, Mrs. Greenhow was escorted beyond thee lines of the Union army and set at liberty. It was later discovered that she had, even whil
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Northern and Southern prisons (search)
he street. Many prominent Confederate generals were confined in it, with scores of citizens suspected of disloyalty to the Union. Captain Wirz, the keeper of Andersonville Prison, was imprisoned here, and was executed on a gallows in the yard. These views show the extensions built upon each side of the prison to contain mess-halls, and also to shelter prisoners of war. Iron bars have been placed in all the windows, and sentries and soldiers stand upon the sidewalk. Here Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, the Confederate spy, was incarcerated. The old capitol prison—showing the additions built after 1861 Soldiers outside the prison During the first months the medical staff was inexperienced, and the Camp was scourged by smallpox which was, in fact, seldom absent for any length of time. Later, a new medical officer brought order out of confusion, but the staff here was never so efficient as at some other prisons. A very expensive hospital was erected, paid for from the prison
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The provost-marshal and the citizen (search)
d the people that opposition was useless, and the grand jury returned no indictments. Judge Carmichael, disappointed at this lack of spirit, resigned his position and retired to his farm. Another case of interest was that of Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, the charming widow of Robert Greenhow, who was arrested on the 23d of August, 1861, on the charge of being a spy, confined for a time in her own house, and then transferred to the Old Capitol. After being confined until June 2, 1862, she was rRobert Greenhow, who was arrested on the 23d of August, 1861, on the charge of being a spy, confined for a time in her own house, and then transferred to the Old Capitol. After being confined until June 2, 1862, she was released and sent within the Confederate lines, after taking an oath that she would not return. With her were sent Mrs. Augusta Morris and Mrs. C. V. Baxley, against whom similar charges had been brought. In 1862, a partisan character began to be attached to the arrests. It was charged that many were arrested purely on account of politics. In some of the Western States these arrests influenced the elections of the year. In Ohio, an old man of seventy, Dr. Edson B. Olds, formerly a member
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greenhow, Robert 1800-1854 (search)
Greenhow, Robert 1800-1854 Author; born in Richmond, Va., in 1800; graduated at William and Mary College in 1816; removed to California in 1850. He published History of Tripoli, and a Report on the discovery of the Northwest coast of North America, which was later enlarged and republished under the title of History of Oregon and California. He died in San Francisco, Cal., in 1854.
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The death of Mrs. Greenhow. (search)
ery great interest in politics. She possessed personal graces as well as mental, that added no little to the distinction she enjoyed. She was the widow of Dr. Robert Greenhow, son of Mr. Robert Greenhow, of this city, well known in other days. He was a gentleman of much learning, who filled the office of translator of several laMr. Robert Greenhow, of this city, well known in other days. He was a gentleman of much learning, who filled the office of translator of several languages for the State Department of the old Government. Mrs. Greenhow had visited Europe to publish a book she had written on the war and her imprisonment by the Lincoln Government. --This she had accomplished, and was just returning to the Confederacy, when, on Saturday last, she met her death. The Wilmington Journal thus noticeMrs. Greenhow had visited Europe to publish a book she had written on the war and her imprisonment by the Lincoln Government. --This she had accomplished, and was just returning to the Confederacy, when, on Saturday last, she met her death. The Wilmington Journal thus notices the event: "As we write — at half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, October 1, 1864,--the corpse of Mrs. Rose A. Greenhow, a well known, and, we may add, a devoted Confederate lady, just returned from Europe, is laid out in the chapel of General Hospital No. 4. All the respect due to Mrs. Greenhow's position and charac