USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

[SOURCES]
What was Rose Greenhow’s dilemma?

(A) How to become a soldier so she could fight in the war.

(B) How to tell the president his plan wouldn’t work without getting killed.

(C) ** Getting the plan congress made to take out the south in one go to the southern president when she was in the north.

(D) Getting to the south to reunite with her family.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -During the Civil War, Greenhow wrote ciphered (secret code) messages to the Confederates and provided information about Union military plans. Confederate President Jefferson Davis credited her with helping the South win the First Battle of Bull Run.

Concept note-2: -Weighted down by the gold, Rose drowned. Her body was found several days later and was buried with full military honors by the Confederacy. After her death, she became a revered symbol for the Confederate Cause and left a legacy of Confederate espionage.

Concept note-3: -On October 1, 1864, Rose O’Neal Greenhow died while trying to run the blockade and pass into the port of Wilmington.