Elizabeth Carraway Howland (1836-1864)

GENERAL STUART'S NEW AID.
"The rebel cavalry leader, Stuart, has appointed to a position on his
staff, with the rank of Major, a young lady residing in Fairfax Court
House, who has been of great service to him in giving information, etc." --Daily Paper

Another female spy for the Confederacy was Elizabeth Carraway Howland who was not near as famous. She lived in New Bern, NC and her father was a doctor. She served as a nurse to wounded and captured Confederate soldiers there. She often smuggled in medicine and food to these poor men. She also drew a sketch of the Federal fortifications there and had the drawing delivered to the Confederates by placing it in a hollowed out ham bone. She sent her son and daughter to the Federal officer in charge to pass the ham through to the Confederates and this way succeeded in getting out the map.