A follow up on the previous post.
From Find A Grave: Belle Boyd, born May 9, 1844, died Hune 11, 1900. Born Martinsburg, Va. (now W. va.). While living at her father's hotel in Front Royal, Va., she provided valuable information to Confederate Generals Turner Ashby and "Stonewall" Jackson that they used in the 1862 Valley Campaign.
Jackson made her a captain and honorary aide-de-camp for her service.
She died in the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, while on a tour recounting her war experiences and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery on Highway 23 east, just past the intersection of highways 13/16/23.
There are two markers at the grave. One is a Kilbourn Memorial and the other is a stone that reads: Belle Boyd/ Confederate Spy/ Born in Virginia/ Died in Wisconsin/ Erected By a Comrade.
--Old Secesh
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