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Women of the Confederacy

Fill the boxes with the correct individual's name by matching it with their description. Each name will be used only once. 
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Relayed information to Captain John Dickison of the Second Florida Calvary that led to the Confederate victory at the "Battle of Horse Landing" and the capture of the US warship, USS Columbine.
Confederate Soldier. Born in Cuba, she immigrated to New Orleans at the age of 7; under the alias "Harry T Buford", she was known to have fought at the First Battle of Manassas, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Battle of Fort Donelson and Battle of Shiloh before her true identity was discovered.
Born in Scotland, she was the Hospital Matron of the Medical Department of the Army of Tennessee; organized Field Hospitals in the Tennessee and Kentucky campaigns.
Home was used as a supply base and respite for Confederate soldiers and spies operating in Ohio; was a meeting place for the Knights of the Golden Circle.
Joined with her husband Company A, 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment from 1861-1865 serving as the seamstress, laundress and nurse to the wounded.
Lived 8 miles south of Memphis, TN; when Memphis fell in June 1862, she smuggled supplies, medicine and information to the Confederate Troops.
Threw a pot of scalding water on General Sherman's men when they tried to confiscate her dinner pot that contained a ham bone she was preparing for some Confederate soldiers.
Chief Matron at Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital from 1862 til the fall of Richmond in April 1865.
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Daughter of a physician, she smuggled large amounts of quinine, morphine and other medical supplies to Confederate Troops; her family home was a meeting place for Coleman's Scouts; only female Confederate Spy that was never caught.
Honorary aide-de-camp for General JEB Stuart; informant for Stuart and Colonel John Mosby; arrested in 1863 for espionage and spent several months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
Operated a Spy Network with the local fisherman at Crab Point, NC; captured January 1865 and found guilty of smuggling; was sentenced to death, but for unknown reasons, was released after two months.
Known as the "Betsy Ross of the Confederacy", she sewed the first Confederate Flag designed by Orren Randolph Smith of Henderson, NC and approved by the Confederate Congress March 4, 1861.
Confederate Spy known as "A fire-eating secessionist in skirts"; was arrested in May 1862 and was imprisoned for 3 1/2 months at Ship's Island, MS.
Hospital Matron at Robertson Hospital in Richmond; known as the "Angel of the Confederacy", she was the only woman given the commission of Captain.
Confederate Spy known as "Rebel Rose"; credited with passing information that led to the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Manassas; became Confederate Ambassador to Europe in 1863.
Confederate Spy for the Knights of the Golden Circle; carried messages between Memphis and Ohio.
"Siren of theShenandoah"; Confederate Spy imprisoned at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC; while there, she was known to fly a Confederate flag out her prison window and sing "Dixie" at the top of her lungs.