Editing Martinsburg, West Virginia (section)

===Civil war===
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[[File:Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14575208137).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s Martinsburg Shops three years before the Civil War]]
In 1854, ten-year-old [[Belle Boyd|Isabelle Boyd]], known as "Belle" and later a noted spy for the Confederacy, moved to Martinsburg with her family, where her father Benjamin operated a general merchandise store. After the Civil War began, Benjamin joined the Second Virginia Infantry, which was part of the Stonewall Brigade. His wife Mary was thus in charge of the Boyd home when Union forces under General [[Robert Patterson]] took Martinsburg. When a group of Patterson's men tried to raise a Union flag over the Boyd home, Mary refused. One of the soldiers, Frederick Martin, threatened Mary, and Belle shot him. She was acquitted.

She soon became involved in espionage, sending information to Confederate generals [[Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson]] and [[J.E.B. Stuart|J.E.B. "Jeb" Stuart]]. Often she was helped by Eliza Corsey, a Boyd family slave whom Belle had taught to read and write. In 1863, Belle was arrested in Martinsburg by the Union Army and imprisoned. Boyd's Greek Revival home, which he had built in 1853 and sold in 1855, had numerous owners over the decades. In 1992 it was purchased by the Berkeley County Historical Society. The historical society renovated the building and now operates it as the Berkeley County Museum. It is also known as the Belle Boyd House.