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Rose Greenhow
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Birth of Rose Greenhow
There is no recorded date of ROse Greenhow's birthday but she was born between 1810 and 1817. She was born in Port Tobacco under the name of Maria Rossetta O'Neal. -
Murder of her Father
Her father, John O'Neal, was mudured in the same year in which Rose was born. His murderer was one of his slaves, which led Rose to never believe in freeing slaves or giving blacks equal rights. Her mother was widowed with four daughters which she could not support, so she sent her two eldest daughter, one of which was Rose, to their Aunt and Uncle where they grew up politically involved. -
Financial Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first financial panic in U.S. History. This event also led to the establishment of the dollar. -
Daniel Webster rejected the idea that states could nullify federal laws
The theory of nullification is a state did not have to follow a federal law and could, in effect, "nullify" the law. States rights say that the state has a bigger say in the government than the government. -
Wedding Day
Rose O'Neal and Dr. Robert Greenhow were married in 1830. They had four daughters. People adored Robert and when they couple were married they became very popular in a social cirlce of politics (Robert was a former senator). -
President Jackson signs Indian Removal Acts that says Indian Tribes Have to Settle West of the Mississippi
The Indian Removal Acts required the Indians to settle west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the land that they previously settled in. -
American Anti-Slavery society is founded in Philadelphia
The American Anit-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of this society and often spoke at its meetings. -
Mr. Greenhow dies, leaving Rose a widow
Rose and her family were in California when Robert fell six feet off of an elevated sidewalk, disabling his left leg and causing internal injuries and leading to his death. This left Rose a widow with four daughters to take care of. -
Telegraph comes into use
(date is unknown) The telegraph is a way of communicating through a seris of dots and lines. Spies used this to communicate secret messages. -
Rose creates a spy ring
From 1857 to 1861, Rose created a highly developed ring of confederate spies including dentist, physicians, architects, clerks, professors, government worker, servants and cooks getting useful information. Some female spies hid secret messages in their long locks of hair. All spy notes were written by substituting one letter for another. -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War showed the Union that the Confederacy would not go down without a fight. Rose managed to obtain the battle plans and strategy of the Yankees and gave it to the Confederate generals. -
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. This lead some of the Southern States to begin to think about seceding because Abrahame Lincoln wanted to end slavery. -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first state to secede. South Carolina chose to secede a month and a half after Lincoln was elected president. They were really unhappy about changes that Lincoln was making. -
South creates a governmnet
THe South had seceded into their own country called the confederacy. They created their own govenrment with Jefferson Divs as the president. -
Arreseted
At first, Rose was palced under house arrest, and while she was under arrest, she destroyed all evidence of her being a spy. On January 18, 1862, she was moved to an actual prison and her youngest daughter, nicknamed Little Rose, was permitted to stay with her. Although imprisoned, she continued to pass notes by using candles or bouncy balls that the guards gave her daughter. -
Released from Prison
Rose was released from prison a little more than a year of being imprisoned. Although she was free, she was banned from the North and was immediately sent to the South where she was more than welcome. -
Sent to England and France by Jefferson Davis
Rose was sent to England and France to gain sympathy and supplies for the Confederacy, and she did. England and France were both big fans of the South and were willing to support them. -
Lincoln gives the Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclomation was a document that freed all slaves in the United States, but it never actually freed any slaves. -
Publisment of My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington
Publishing her hit book My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington was a success for Rose. It was a topseller all around. -
Death
Rose was on her way back to the US when her ship was wrecked and they had to make it rest of the way on rowboats. Earlier Rose thought she might get caught for being a spy so she sewed her earnings in the hem of her dress. When her rowboat was wrecked, the weight of the gold coins dragged her down to the bottom of the ocean. She as the only person that died.
