Elizabeth Carraway Howland (November 20, 1816July 11, 1886; also Harland or Holland) was a

Confederate A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...

spy during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

. Union soldiers captured her town of

New Bern, North Carolina New Bern, formerly Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 31,291 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located at the confluence of the Neuse River, Neuse a ...

. She made useful medicine for captured Confederate soldiers and helped Confederates smuggle food.Jill, Canon. ''Civil War Heroines''. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerphon Books, 2000.

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1816 births 1886 deaths American Civil War spies Female wartime spies People from New Bern, North Carolina People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Women in the American Civil War {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub