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1861
Where: America during the Civil War, where a battle
is taking place…to gain information.
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After President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed in 1865 a $5 Confederate bill was found in his wallet.
Secret Agents
Spies come in all shapes and sizes. During the Civil War, that
included women who snooped and duped to get the scoop.
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Harriet the Spy: Harriet Tubman is most famous as
a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad, helping
transport slaves to freedom. But she was also the
ringleader of a wartime spy network made up of
former slaves. In 1863, she even helped lead a raid up
the Combahee River in South Carolina to free 700 slaves.
Role Playing: Pauline Cushman, a stage actress,
gained the trust of the South one night when she
proposed a toast to the Confederacy on stage. It
was all an act. Soon, Southern officers were sharing
secrets with her, which she passed on to the North.
Dashing Damsel: Belle Boyd, a 17-year-old Southern lass, picked
up valuable information by mingling with Northern troops
that occupied her hometown in Virginia. One night,
listening through a knothole in a hotel room door,
she overheard the plans of a Northern general.
Boyd raced across a battlefield to tell the South’s
General Stonewall Jackson, who turned that
information into a big victory in Front Royal, Virginia.
Rose Knows: Rose Greenhow, a Southern widow
living in Washington, D.C., used her friendships
with Northern senators and Secretary of State
William Seward to discover the North’s plans.
She then sent coded messages southward
using the Secret Line, a network of men and
women that smuggled reports out of the Capitol.
More than 300 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War.
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iPuzzle
North Decoder
Harriet Tubman received no pay for her work as
a Northern spy and sold homemade items to make
ends meet. Use the key to reveal what those items were.
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South Decoder
Use the same key to reveal Belle Boyd’s nickname.
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Jump to this
page or follow
the pipes
Two-thirds of all deaths in the Civil War were due to disease.
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27. Take a Bao
35. Rowed Work
29. North Decoder
PIES, ROOT BEER, GINGERBREAD
South Decoder:
LA BELLE REBELLE
31. Togo to Go
1. D
2. G
3. A
4. F
5. B
6. E
7. C
ROOTING
OUTGROW
FORGOT
BIGFOOT
HOTDOG
OCTAGON
STOOGE
Extra Credit:
8. L PHOTOGRAPH
9. K MOONLIGHT
10. I GHOST TOWN
11. J POGO STICK
12. H TOOLBAG
33. Real or Fake?
Real:
Fig Newmans cookies
Sockarooni pasta sauce
Sweet Enough vanilla almond cereal
Peanut butter dog treats
37. Swahili Swap
CHAKULA = FOOD
ELIMU = EDUCATION
NCHI = COUNTRY
WAKIMBIZI = REFUGEE
WAZAZI = PARENTS
YATIMA = ORPHAN
39. On the Fast Track