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Betty Duvall

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Betty Duvall Webb
Born
Elizabeth Duvall

c. 1845
DiedJuly 3, 1891(1891-07-03) (aged 45–46)
Buried
AllegianceConfederate States of America
SpouseJohn Converse Webb
Children3

Elizabeth Duvall Webb (c. 1845 – July 3, 1891) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.

Biography

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Elizabeth Duvall[1] was from Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of Eli Duvall Sr. and Sarah (née Thompson) Duvall. She was descended from the immigrant Mareen Duvall.

Washington D.C.–based spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow gave her a note about a Union plan for the first Battle of Manassas (or Bull Run) to give to General P. G. T. Beauregard; Duvall carried it tucked in her hair. She continued to be a spy, and for one of her missions she brought her cousin.[2]

She married John Converse Webb. They had three children.[1]

Grave of Duvall at Oak Hill Cemetery

She died on July 3, 1891. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Rock Creek) - Lot 326 East" (PDF). Oak Hill Cemetery. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  2. Jill, Canon. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 2000.
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