Emily Geiger (c. 1765–1825) was a Patriot messenger active during the American Revolutionary War. Captured by Loyalists whilst on a mission to deliver a message on behalf of General Nathanael Greene, Geiger ate the written message in her possession. Upon release she verbally delivered the letter to its recipient.

2016年5月17日 · Revolutionary War heroine. Geiger was the daughter of John Geiger, a German farmer. Little is known of her early life. In June 1781 Emily Geiger volunteered to be a courier for General Nathanael Greene, who needed an urgent message delivered to …

One of those women was Emily Geiger. The bearing of important dispatches through an enemy’s country is an enterprise that always requires both courage and address. Miss Emily Geiger performed such a feat during the American Revolution, under difficult circumstances.

Emily Geiger (1765–1825) was a Patriot messenger active during the American Revolutionary War. Captured by Loyalists whilst on a mission to deliver a message on behalf of General Nathanael Greene, Geiger ate the written message in her possession. Upon release she verbally delivered the letter to its recipient.

2023年1月26日 · Emily Geiger is celebrated in numerous books and articles, memorialized on monuments, and portrayed in videos. [1] Her fame rests on the story that as a teenager she volunteered to carry a message from Gen. Nathanael Greene to Gen. Thomas Sumter in South Carolina when no man would dare to do so.

Emily Geiger is an American Revolutionary War heroine who was captured by the Tories while on a military mission as a civilian. She was carrying an important message across enemy grounds when she was captured and questioned. The Tory matron could find nothing on her seeing as she physically ate the message, so they had to let her go.

2024年1月11日 · Emily Geiger was a young woman who played a crucial role in the American Revolutionary War, delivering important intelligence to General Nathanael Greene that helped turn the tide of the conflict. Her daring and resourcefulness in the face of danger has made her a celebrated figure in American history.

2024年10月23日 · Two weeks after her ride of a hundred miles Emily Geiger returned home. She afterwards married a wealthy planter, and it is said that her descendants cherish a pair of earrings and a brooch given her by General Greene as well as a beautiful silk shawl presented to her by General Lafayette, when he was in this country in 1825.

2023年5月23日 · About Emily Geiger. In June of 1781, an 18-year-old Emily Geiger was living with her invalid father in upcountry South Carolina when the American Revolutionary War broke out. Although South Carolina was largely occupied by the British at the time, General Nathaniel Greene was camped near the Geiger homestead.

GEIGER, Emily, Revolutionary heroine, born about 1760. At the period when General Greene retreated before Lord Rawdon from Ninety-Six, South Carolina. during the Revolutionary war, and had passed Broad River, he was anxious to send an order to General Sumter, who was then encamped on the Wateree, to join him and attack Rawdon, who had divided ...