Laura Ratcliffe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLaura Ratcliffe
American spy
Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1836
Place of Birth: Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 03-Aug-1923
Profession: spy
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Laura Ratcliffe
- Laura Ratcliffe (28 March 1836 in Fairfax, Virginia – 3 August 1923 in Herndon, Virginia) was a Confederate States of America spy.
- Laura's home in Herndon was sometimes used as a headquarters by the Confederate raider, John Singleton Mosby.
- Mosby gave Laura thousands of Federal Greenbacks to hide in her home.
- She warned him when Union troops came looking for him, saving his life.
- Laura Ratcliffe was also a friend of Major General J.
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- Stuart, who gave her several gifts in "appreciation of her patriotism, admiration of her virtues, and pledge of his lasting esteem.".
- They had met after Ratcliffe had served as a nurse in a Jeb Stuart's Camp Quivive in Fairfax in the winter of 1861.
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