Olivia Floyd

Anne Olivia Floyd (July 2, 1826 – December 8, 1905) was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War, noted as a blockade runner.

Her mother inherited an interest in the property of Rose Hill near Port Tobacco, Maryland, about 1843, and Olivia lived there with her family.

During the American Civil War, Olivia Floyd became a spy and blockade runner for the Confederacy.

She made numerous runs behind the lines between Washington, D.C., and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and was said to have outwitted a company of Union soldiers.

[2] Olivia Floyd died peacefully at home on December 8, 1905, at Rose Hill in Charles County, Maryland.