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Did women serve as spies for both sides during the civil war?

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Why were women successful spies during the war?

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They were experts at applying makeup for different disguises.

They could easily use technology for recording secret information.

!!!Women used their wiles to coerce soldiers to share information.

!!!Women were very rarely questioned.

!!!They could move across Union and Confederate lines easily.

The ones with an !!! are correct

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yes, many women were used as spies because at the time, only men went to war. so, seeing a lady walking by won't make you scratch your head since no women worked in war. this was a really good way of getting information from each other without the violence. 
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