Elizabeth Carraway Howland Explained

Elizabeth Carraway Howland (November 20, 1816July 11, 1886; also Harland or Holland) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Union soldiers captured her town of New Bern, North Carolina. She made useful medicine for captured Confederate soldiers and helped Confederates smuggle food.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: September 15, 1886. Obituaries. 5. Raleigh Christian Advocate. Newspapers.com.
  2. Book: Nussel, Jill M.. Separate Spheres. Frank. Lisa Tendrich. https://books.google.com/books?id=X2GeBUmW_MgC&pg=PA494. Women in the American Civil War. 2008. ABC-Clio. 978-1-85109-600-8. en. 494.
  3. Book: Simkins. Francis Butler. The Women of the Confederacy. Patton. James Welch. 1936. Garrett and Massie. 560467248. 78.
  4. Book: Anderson, Lucy London. North Carolina Women of the Confederacy. 1926. Cumberland Printing Co.. 1049904333. 18.
  5. Jill, Canon. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerphon Books, 2000.

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