Elizabeth Van Lew by Hasmik Diekhans https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf How I managed to become one of the most brilliant female spy in the Civil War en-us 2018-05-07 15:44:23 UTC 2025-10-01 01:19:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Elizabeth Van Lew 625473 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258593911 "One  the most brilliant famous female world war spy"
                                    -Unknown
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]]> 2018-05-07 15:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258593911 Sending messages to the Union 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258596262 Being a spy in the Civil War working for the Union. It was risky, and took a lot of my own time but it was worth it. To send messages I must invent ways to make the message in the most private ways possible.]]> 2018-05-07 16:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258596262 My Contribution to the Union 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258600995
  •     I gathered information on confederate troop strength and movements, then send my knowledge to help the Union.
  •      I also joined the other Richmond unionist to create an underground railroad system.

    • ]]>     2018-05-07 16:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/258600995     How the Civil War affected my life 625473 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259321287 Me, being a female spy in the Civil War, it took a lot of my time and courage to persue my dream of being a female spy in the Civil War. Sometimes, without knowing what would happen next or what would happen to me, I would get nervous and scared. What if someone caught me? What if got seriously injured and people found out about my real identity?]]> 2018-05-09 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259321287 Elizabeth Van Lew in her own words 625473 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259335061 "Slave power crushes freedom of speech and of opinion. Slave power degrades labor. Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is cruel, is despotic, not only over the slave, but over the community, the state."
    -Elizabeth Van Lew
    ]]>     2018-05-09 15:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259335061     Hiding Tactics 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259337356 In the Civil War, woman wears the kind of clothing that fits the fashion. This kind of clothing also benefits like smuggling important information. The hoop skirts and petticoats have many yards of fabric this can be used to hide messages, papers, small packages, and medical supplies attached to the frames of the hoop skirts. They also can use basket or a bag.]]> 2018-05-09 15:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259337356 Secret Messages 625473 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259341882 In order to make to secret messages turn black, the Union army member recieving the message has to add milk to the paper to read it.

    Van Lew and the other spies used an invisable ink to write own messages in between the lines of regular letters.

    Van Lew also created a cipher, or in other words, code to help safeguard the  facts in her communications.]]>     2018-05-09 15:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259341882     625473 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259984277 Photo Credit; The Granger Collection


    ]]>     2018-05-11 15:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/259984277     I'm a Woman and I'm a Spy 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/260320279 Changing the course of Civil War history can be done in many ways, I choose to be a spy.]]> 2018-05-14 02:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/260320279 My Home 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/260509383 This is my house in Richmond,Virginia
    Photo Credit;  The Granger Collection / Universal Images Group]]>     2018-05-14 15:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/260509383     Bibliography 911298 https://padlet.com/625473/koi4ic49jfrf/wish/260534175 https://www.nps.gov/people/elizabeth-van-lew.htm

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