Spies of the war were both men and women. Most of these spies became well known for their spying. Confederate woman spy, Belle Boyd, was one of them. She was imprisoned for her acts of spying and later married a Union Naval Officer. Another Confederate woman spy, Nancy Hart who was also a scout and a guide for the Confederacy was also put in prison, but escaped. Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Elizabeth Bowser were both spies for the Union. But the most well known spy for the Confederacy was Rose O'Neal Greenhow. She accomplished many things as a spy. She sent a message to

During and after the Civil War the men and women spies became well known for their spying tactics. With just a few different approaches the plot to burn New York could have saved the Confederacy from a major loss, and if only the Confederates would have changed a few key phrases they could have won the most devastating war in our nations history.

The fires began on November 25, 1864. The leader, Robert Kennedy and his men set almost every building a blaze. In the morning, Kennedy and his men looked at the newspapers and the fires had not even filled the front page and was headed "Rebel Plot" by the New York Times. Kennedy and his men safely got out of the city, but three weeks later Kennedy was captured and hung.

During the Civil War ciphers were the way for spies to exchange information with high-ranking rebel officers. The Confederate cipher wheel was supposedly an unbreakable cipher. But the Confederacy onl

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