ELIZABETH VAN LEW
The first Union flag to wave over Richmond in four years was raised in 1865 by this famous and effective Union spy. After the war, President Grant rewarded Van Lew with a job as postmistress of Richmond, which she held from 1869 to 1877
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Elizabeth Van Lew
She was a spy for the Union during the civil War, sending military and other information to Union generals throughout the war. Elizabeth: provided imprisoned Union soldiers with bribe money, food and books; hid escaped prisoners-of-war.....
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Elizabeth Van Lew
Elizabeth had one last assignment. At the Confederate Capitol, she searched among ashes for secret documents the Union might need. A special guard found her there; he had been sent by General Grant, knowing she would face danger that day
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Elizabeth Van Lew
Elizabeth Van Lew was a southern girl, born in Richmond, in 1818, the daughter of a wealthy family with connections and kin in the north.
http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/PeopleView.cfm?PID=349

Elizabeth Van Lew
When the Civil War broke out, Elizabeth Van Lew, an abolitionist in Richmond, felt obligated to do her part for the Union cause
http://www.nsa.gov/women/women00024.cfm