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July 26, 2011 News & Features » Cover Story

The Forgotten Fighters 

Richmond's lost spies, belles and heroes from the Civil War.

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There are no big monuments to Richmond's Civil War women. We came close: Back in the '60s, Monument Avenue almost got a Salvador Dali-designed aluminum statue of Confederate Capt. Sally Tompkins slaying a microbial dragon with a sword. But that's a…

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