A true woman always loves a real soldier.

- Belle Boyd

I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentimen…

- Belle Boyd

What a jolly thing military surveillance is!

- Belle Boyd

I only wanted to help my people.

- Belle Boyd

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer.

- Belle Boyd

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

- Belle Boyd

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

- Belle Boyd

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

- Belle Boyd

Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, ena…

- Belle Boyd