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Did You Know...

Old Capitol Prison and Its Female Spies


The site of the Supreme Court Building was the location of the Old Capitol Prison, which housed prisoners during the Civil War. Among the Prison’s most infamous prisoners were Belle Boyd, a notorious Confederate spy from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and “Southern Woman” Rose O’Neal Greenhow, who led a local spy network. Greenhow was instrumental in alerting the Confederate forces about the Union Army advancing on Manassas, Virginia, before the first Battle of Bull Run.

 

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The Old Capitol Prison, 1866.
The Old Capitol Prison, 1866.
Photograph by George D. Wakely, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow and her daughter at the Old Capitol Prison, 1862. “Little Rose” stayed with her mother during her five-month incarceration.
Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow and her daughter at the Old Capitol Prison, 1862. “Little Rose” stayed with her mother during her five-month incarceration.
Photograph by Mathew Brady, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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