Confederate spy who became famous during the Civil War. She was known as an active and dangerous rebel. At the time of her death, she still retained a fierce pride for her beloved South. At the opening of the civil war Ginny was attending the Oxford Female College in Oxford, Ohio. She demanded the school release her to return to her mother in Memphis. When the school refused, she found a gun and proceeded to shoot all the stars out of the Union flag in the schools courtyard. The school released her into the custody of her her sister Lottie and her brother-in-law Jim Clark who were living in Oxford. Ginny hid medicines and other much needed supplies on her person along with info for the rebels and traveled to Memphis several times. After the war she opened a boarding house in Memphis. She moved to hollywood in the 20's where she appeared in 2 movies "The Spanish Dancer" & "Robin Hood". She then moved to Greenwhich Village, NY where she spent the rest of her life.
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"Miss Ginger”, 81, Confederate Spy, Dies Alone in Greenwich Village
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas - Section Part 1,m Page One - September 16, 1925
By The Associated Press
New York, Sept 15 - A daredevil Confederate spy when a lovely girl in her teens, Miss Virginia B. Moon, 81, died here alone in her dark Greenwich Village apartment.
Her death was brought to light by W. J. Baer, an elderly artist friend of hers, who read a death notice describing her as a veteran actress. His investigation resulted in the revelation that Miss Moon was found dead last Friday by Miss Martha Sawyers, a Texas stained glass designer wo lived on the first floor. The body was cremated Sunday and friends will send the ashes to her home in Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Sawyers said she knew the woman who was known to half the Southland as ‘Miss Ginger’, only as an agnostic who had no fear of death, smoked innumerable cigarettes and boasted of the fourteen bona fide proposals she had spurned when a Southern belle and Confederate spy.
Baer produced a sheaf of letters from Miss Moon to him dating back to 1902. She told of carrying morphine and dispatches through the Union lines and twice wheedling her captors into releasing her with merely a warning. She wrote that she was first arrested in Cincinnati in 1862 by C. Kemper, one time General Grant’s chief of staff. The letter is replete with the names of Federal officers who yielded to her charms and let her go.
“She died as much a rebel as ever.” said Oliver Jones, husband of Miss Moon’s niece, who was Virginia Warner, an actress. He showed letters from Jefferson Davis commending Miss Moon, the ‘ginger girl’ for extraordinary heroism in behalf of the Confederate cause.
Until six years ago, Miss Moon lived in Memphis. Then she was in the movies in Hollywood in Character parts. She came to New York to live a year ago.
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"Miss Ginger”, 81, Confederate Spy, Dies Alone in Greenwich Village
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas - Section Part 1,m Page One - September 16, 1925
By The Associated Press
New York, Sept 15 - A daredevil Confederate spy when a lovely girl in her teens, Miss Virginia B. Moon, 81, died here alone in her dark Greenwich Village apartment.
Her death was brought to light by W. J. Baer, an elderly artist friend of hers, who read a death notice describing her as a veteran actress. His investigation resulted in the revelation that Miss Moon was found dead last Friday by Miss Martha Sawyers, a Texas stained glass designer wo lived on the first floor. The body was cremated Sunday and friends will send the ashes to her home in Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Sawyers said she knew the woman who was known to half the Southland as ‘Miss Ginger’, only as an agnostic who had no fear of death, smoked innumerable cigarettes and boasted of the fourteen bona fide proposals she had spurned when a Southern belle and Confederate spy.
Baer produced a sheaf of letters from Miss Moon to him dating back to 1902. She told of carrying morphine and dispatches through the Union lines and twice wheedling her captors into releasing her with merely a warning. She wrote that she was first arrested in Cincinnati in 1862 by C. Kemper, one time General Grant’s chief of staff. The letter is replete with the names of Federal officers who yielded to her charms and let her go.
“She died as much a rebel as ever.” said Oliver Jones, husband of Miss Moon’s niece, who was Virginia Warner, an actress. He showed letters from Jefferson Davis commending Miss Moon, the ‘ginger girl’ for extraordinary heroism in behalf of the Confederate cause.
Until six years ago, Miss Moon lived in Memphis. Then she was in the movies in Hollywood in Character parts. She came to New York to live a year ago.
Confederate spy who became famous during the Civil War. She was known as an active and dangerous rebel. At the time of her death, she still retained a fierce pride for her beloved South. At the opening of the civil war Ginny was attending the Oxford Female College in Oxford, Ohio. She demanded the school release her to return to her mother in Memphis. When the school refused, she found a gun and proceeded to shoot all the stars out of the Union flag in the schools courtyard. The school released her into the custody of her her sister Lottie and her brother-in-law Jim Clark who were living in Oxford. Ginny hid medicines and other much needed supplies on her person along with info for the rebels and traveled to Memphis several times. After the war she opened a boarding house in Memphis. She moved to hollywood in the 20's where she appeared in 2 movies "The Spanish Dancer" & "Robin Hood". She then moved to Greenwhich Village, NY where she spent the rest of her life.
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The following was sent to me by Ruth Davis Root. Thank you!
"Miss Ginger”, 81, Confederate Spy, Dies Alone in Greenwich Village
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas - Section Part 1,m Page One - September 16, 1925
By The Associated Press
New York, Sept 15 - A daredevil Confederate spy when a lovely girl in her teens, Miss Virginia B. Moon, 81, died here alone in her dark Greenwich Village apartment.
Her death was brought to light by W. J. Baer, an elderly artist friend of hers, who read a death notice describing her as a veteran actress. His investigation resulted in the revelation that Miss Moon was found dead last Friday by Miss Martha Sawyers, a Texas stained glass designer wo lived on the first floor. The body was cremated Sunday and friends will send the ashes to her home in Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Sawyers said she knew the woman who was known to half the Southland as ‘Miss Ginger’, only as an agnostic who had no fear of death, smoked innumerable cigarettes and boasted of the fourteen bona fide proposals she had spurned when a Southern belle and Confederate spy.
Baer produced a sheaf of letters from Miss Moon to him dating back to 1902. She told of carrying morphine and dispatches through the Union lines and twice wheedling her captors into releasing her with merely a warning. She wrote that she was first arrested in Cincinnati in 1862 by C. Kemper, one time General Grant’s chief of staff. The letter is replete with the names of Federal officers who yielded to her charms and let her go.
“She died as much a rebel as ever.” said Oliver Jones, husband of Miss Moon’s niece, who was Virginia Warner, an actress. He showed letters from Jefferson Davis commending Miss Moon, the ‘ginger girl’ for extraordinary heroism in behalf of the Confederate cause.
Until six years ago, Miss Moon lived in Memphis. Then she was in the movies in Hollywood in Character parts. She came to New York to live a year ago.
Bio by Historybuff
The following was sent to me by Ruth Davis Root. Thank you!
"Miss Ginger”, 81, Confederate Spy, Dies Alone in Greenwich Village
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas - Section Part 1,m Page One - September 16, 1925
By The Associated Press
New York, Sept 15 - A daredevil Confederate spy when a lovely girl in her teens, Miss Virginia B. Moon, 81, died here alone in her dark Greenwich Village apartment.
Her death was brought to light by W. J. Baer, an elderly artist friend of hers, who read a death notice describing her as a veteran actress. His investigation resulted in the revelation that Miss Moon was found dead last Friday by Miss Martha Sawyers, a Texas stained glass designer wo lived on the first floor. The body was cremated Sunday and friends will send the ashes to her home in Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Sawyers said she knew the woman who was known to half the Southland as ‘Miss Ginger’, only as an agnostic who had no fear of death, smoked innumerable cigarettes and boasted of the fourteen bona fide proposals she had spurned when a Southern belle and Confederate spy.
Baer produced a sheaf of letters from Miss Moon to him dating back to 1902. She told of carrying morphine and dispatches through the Union lines and twice wheedling her captors into releasing her with merely a warning. She wrote that she was first arrested in Cincinnati in 1862 by C. Kemper, one time General Grant’s chief of staff. The letter is replete with the names of Federal officers who yielded to her charms and let her go.
“She died as much a rebel as ever.” said Oliver Jones, husband of Miss Moon’s niece, who was Virginia Warner, an actress. He showed letters from Jefferson Davis commending Miss Moon, the ‘ginger girl’ for extraordinary heroism in behalf of the Confederate cause.
Until six years ago, Miss Moon lived in Memphis. Then she was in the movies in Hollywood in Character parts. She came to New York to live a year ago.
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Daughter of Cynthia Sullivan and Robert S. Moon.
