Elizabeth Duvall Webb (c. 1845 – July 3, 1891) was a

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spy during the

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Biography

Elizabeth Duvall was from

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She was the daughter of Eli Duvall Sr. and Sarah (née Thompson) Duvall. She was descended from the immigrant

Mareen Duvall Mareen Duvall (1625–1694) was a French Huguenot and an early American settler. Background Mareen Duvall was born in 1625, in Nantes, France and was originally named Marin Duval. On August 28, 1650, Duvall emigrated as an Indentured Servan ...

. Washington D.C.-based spy

Rose O'Neal Greenhow Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1813– October 1, 1864) was a renowned Confederate spy during the American Civil War. A socialite in Washington, D.C., during the period before the war, she moved in important political circles and cultivated friendsh ...

gave her a note about a

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plan for the first Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) to give to General P. G. T. Beauregard; Duvall carried it tucked in her hair. She continued to be a

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, and for one of her missions she brought her cousin.Jill, Canon. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 2000. She married John Converse Webb. They had three children. She died on July 3, 1891. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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* * American people of French descent 1840s births 1891 deaths

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