Katherine Anne Sherman by Grace Motogawa https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk By Meg Barthelemy, Maddy Pollard and Grace Motogawa en-us 2018-05-08 15:46:14 UTC 2024-06-21 07:50:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Katherine Anne Sherman 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258968946 Risky and challenging is how I would describe my life as a spy for the Union in the Civil War, because I put my own life in danger to support my side. ]]> 2018-05-08 15:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258968946 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258975999 2018-05-08 16:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258975999 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258976010 2018-05-08 16:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258976010 Biography 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258977347 Birth date: June 7th, 1840, Richmond, VA
Death date: August 23rd 1894, Albany, NY
Siblings: Margaret Sherman, Madeline Sherman and Gracelyn Sherman
Parents: John Sherman, Elise Bowman
Occupation: A spy for the Union during the American Civil War]]> 2018-05-08 16:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/258977347 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259659775 "Anyone that has spent four months in Richmond prison does not get frightened easily."]]> 2018-05-10 15:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259659775 Fearless 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259662287 I was very afraid of being caught when I first started spying, but after my capture, I wasn't as scared. It was almost as they were doing me a favor by putting me in prison, they toughened me up.]]> 2018-05-10 15:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259662287 A Setback 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259664290 I had faced many challenges as a Civil War spy, but my biggest setback was being sent to Richmond prison. I was held there for four months before I escaped. ]]> 2018-05-10 15:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259664290 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259667326 2018-05-10 15:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259667326 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259995232 "I served as a spy, once even disguising myself as African-American to get admitted to a Confederate army camp."]]> 2018-05-11 15:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259995232 Bibliography 627172 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259995596
-“Women Spies of the Civil War.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 8 May 2011, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-spies-of-the-civil-war-162202679/.

-Leveen, Lois. “A Black Spy in the Confederate White House.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 June 2012, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/a-black-spy-in-the-confederate-white-house/.

-Harper,Judith."Spies in Petticoats."cobblestone,vol.36,no. 9,Nov-Dec. 2015, pp. 32-35.

—“Public Broadcasting Service.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/.

-National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, search.archives.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=national-archives&query=USA%2Bfalg.

-Blashfield,Jean. Woman at the Front. New York,Franklin Watts, 1997

]]> 2018-05-11 15:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259995596 Obtaining Information 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259996217 It was very hard to get my information for the Union. One way that I obtained it was by pretending to be a loyal Confederate to get into their camps.I became very good at getting people to tell me their plans on the up coming battles.]]> 2018-05-11 15:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259996217 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259996746 "Consequently, soldiers allowed women and girls to cross Confederate lines without being searched."]]> 2018-05-11 15:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259996746 Crossing the Boarder 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259997399 It wasn't very hard to cross back and forth between Union and Confederate lines, because I was allowed to cross without being searched.]]> 2018-05-11 16:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/259997399 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002577 2018-05-11 16:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002577 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002613 2018-05-11 16:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002613 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002756 2018-05-11 16:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260002756 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260297473 2018-05-14 00:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260297473 Coded Messages 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260297647 This is one way I could send messages to Union officers without the Confederates knowing what I was saying. The letters on the upper two disks aligned with the numbers on the lower two disks. The letter "A" for example, would be sent as "81".]]> 2018-05-14 00:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260297647 Sneaky 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260307139 Sometimes when I was spying, I would take the risk of stealing confederate information in order to bring it to my alliance in the Union. For example, once I found an opened letter about the confederate plans for the near future. I replaced it with a different envelope, and hid the letter in my hoop skirt. It worked great to cover it up, and no one suspected a thing.]]> 2018-05-14 02:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260307139 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260307957 “Women’s clothing made it easy to hide information. Hoop skirts and petticoats...The many yards of fabric were perfect for hiding messages and papers, small packages and medical supplies attached easily to the frames of the hoop skirts.” (Spies In Petticoats)]]> 2018-05-14 02:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260307957 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260656728 2018-05-14 22:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260656728 Newspaper 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260656781 Here is a newspaper article written about me describing my job as a spy and my efforts in helping the Union. The article was published in Harper's Weekly, one of the most popular newspapers during the Civil War. It shocked people by showing what woman could do to impact the war.]]> 2018-05-14 22:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/260656781 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261025301 “Civil War Photos.” 
National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/photos.
]]> 2018-05-15 21:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261025301 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261031290 “The Civil War.” William Tecumseh Sherman, www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm.]]> 2018-05-15 22:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261031290 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261031964 2018-05-15 22:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261031964 Journal 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261032034 This is a journal that I kept describing my experiences as a spy. On this page I wrote about some of my time in Richmond prison. This journal also holds information about the times I would ask confederate soldiers about where their troops where located because It was always very hard to find them.]]> 2018-05-15 22:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261032034 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261032577 National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, search.archives.gov/search/images?affiliate=national-archives&query=civil%2Bwar%2Bjournal.]]> 2018-05-15 22:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261032577 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033061 2018-05-15 22:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033061 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033282 2018-05-15 22:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033282 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033374 “Confederate Camp.” Apple Computers: This Month in Business History (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress), Victor, www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.35460/]]> 2018-05-15 22:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033374 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033622 https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/preview/spies-and-conspiracies/]]> 2018-05-15 22:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261033622 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261060992 "Used an invisible ink to write our messages between the lines of ordinary letters. To make the hidden message turn black, he Union army member receiving the letter had only to add milk to the paper."]]> 2018-05-16 01:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261060992 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261062712 2018-05-16 02:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261062712 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261063241 National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, search.archives.gov/search/images?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=national-archives&query=hoop%2Bskirt.]]> 2018-05-16 02:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261063241 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261065646 2018-05-16 02:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261065646 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261065905 National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, search.archives.gov/search/images?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=national-archives&query=civil%2Bwar%2Bsoldier.]]> 2018-05-16 02:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261065905 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261066195 Soldiers like this would search people crossing the boarder.]]> 2018-05-16 02:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261066195 Women doing their part 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261068485 “Most women became spies because they wanted to help their side win the war...Historians believe that more than 1,000 females..may have been involved with espionage.” (Spies in Petticoats) ]]> 2018-05-16 02:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261068485 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261069400 “I wanted to do my part, same as you.” (Private Ames, pbs.org)“Public Broadcasting Service.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/.]]> 2018-05-16 02:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261069400 Doing Their Part 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261069879 Since women weren’t allowed to fight in the war, many women decided to spy because they wanted to do their part. Women wanted to help their side win the war without fighting and felt that this was their option. Spies like Katherine passed on secret information about one side, to the other. This helped troops navigate their opposers and prepare to attack.]]> 2018-05-16 02:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261069879 Determination 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261070457 By being a Union spy, Katherine hoped to guide them through the war and eventually lead them to victory. She hated the concept of slavery and was from the North. Katherine wanted slavery to end and was determined to help anyway possible.She even hoped to one day become a mistress of a solider,And there was no better way than to help their side win the war.]]> 2018-05-16 02:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261070457 625290 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261071447 https://jfklibrary.org/~/media/assets/Exhibits/JFK100/MO%206846.jpghttps://jfklibrary.org/~/media/assets/Exhibits/JFK100/MO%206846.jpg]]> 2018-05-16 02:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261071447 627172 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261074103 "Other woman where unofficial companions, such as those who hoped to become the mistresses of soldiers."(The Country Needed Men)]]> 2018-05-16 03:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261074103 627172 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261248766 2018-05-16 15:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261248766 888334 https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261275090 2018-05-16 16:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/627172/sye5l80j25rk/wish/261275090