Basic Facts:
Dates: about 1841 - ??
Known for: Confederate spy in American Civil War
Also known as: Nancy Douglas
About Nancy Hart:
Living in Nicholas County, then in Virginia and now part of West Virginia, Nancy Hart joined the Moccasin Rangers and served as a spy, reporting on federal troop activity in her home's vicinity and leading rebel raiders to their position. She was said to have led a raid on Summersville in July 1861, at age 18. Captured by a band of Union soldiers, she tricked one of her captors and used his own gun to kill him, then escaped. After the war she married Joshua Douglas.
About Nancy Hart:
- Categories: female spy, American Civil War
- Organizational Affiliations: Confederacy
- Places: Virginia, United States
- Period: 19th century
Also on this site:
Nancy Hart on the web:
- Nancy Hart: A Young Girl
- Account of Shooting a Guard
- Bibliography - books and articles about Nancy Hart at the West Virginia State Archives Library
- Another Nancy Hart who served as a spy -- in the American Revolution:
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