From Captivity to Capsized: Wild Rose O’Neal Greenhow
Posted by: Amanda Zimmerman
Among many fascinating books related to the Civil War, the Library of Congress also holds a demurely-bound, water-damaged volume inscribed by its author. This volume, the autobiography of Confederate spy and Maryland native Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1815-1864), documents her exploits as a persistent thorn in the side of President Abraham Lincoln and the Union cause.
Posted in: 19th Century, American History, Women in Book History