Confederate Spy Belle Boyd is Captured
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Cold open: Belle Boyd's arrest in 1862
Promo: Days That Made America live tour
Show introduction and episode overview
July 1861: Belle shoots a Union soldier
Belle's rise to fame and early spying
May 1862: Eavesdropping on General Shields
Battle of Front Royal: Saving the bridges
July 1862: Capture by Union scout Charles Smitley
Belle Boyd's life after the war
Next episode preview and credits
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