Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson

Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson (June 5, 1836 – March 10, 1896) was an American nurse who aided wounded soldiers from both sides after the Civil War battles of Antietam, Maryland, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She was also a spy for the Confederate Army and was banished to Richmond, Virginia, after her indictment. She stayed there for the remainder of the Civil War.

Biography Effie Goldsborough, or "Pheme" as she was also known, was born at her family's plantation, “Boston,” in Talbot County, Maryland, the first of eight children of Martin Goldsborough and Ann Hayward Goldsborough. Described as "bright, adventuresome, and quite creative,"

According to the Maryland State Archives, after her indictment, "she was escorted South under heavy guard, taking with her only two trunks and $225 in federal money. Even as her life was in great jeopardy, tucked away in one of her trunks were important documents she was able to deliver to Richmond."

She was buried with her husband in Greenhill Cemetery in Berryville, Virginia.

Accolades She was the first Confederate woman elected into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.