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05/13/2011: Eugenia Levy Phillips, Civil War Spy for the South


An arch-secessionist and defiantly outspoken proponent of Southern rights, the Jewish-American Eugenia Levy Phillips was a determined spy for the South during the American Civil War.  Mother of nine children, she was twice imprisoned during the Civil War, paying a heavy price for her political allegiances.  Click here to read more about her story in the Civil War Women Blog.

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