Round 5: Tossup 2

A spy in this conflict drowned during a pursuit because she was weighed down by the gold she had sewn under her clothes. Charlotte “Lottie” Moon was caught smuggling during this conflict and put under house arrest by an opposing officer whom she had abandoned at the altar. A spy ring led by Thomas Jordan during this conflict included Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow. During this conflict, Thomas Dudley worked to stop (*) blockade-running ships organized by James Bulloch’s spy ring in Liverpool. (10[1])Diplomats James Mason and John Slidell were captured during this conflict by Charles Wilkes. (10[1])During this conflict, a commander was able to stop an invasion after finding Special Order 191 warped around a cigar. For 10 points, name this conflict where spies helped P. G. T. Beauregard win the First Battle of Bull Run. ■END■

ANSWER: American Civil War (The first line refers to Rose Greenhow. Charlotte Moon was engaged to Ambrose Burnside.)
<MS, American History> | NAFTA-Packet-5
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%25%25%91.00
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%0%88.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%75%0%56.75
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%0%83.33
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%20%0%81.80
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%60%0%78.00
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%0%0%82.00
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%0%0%102.00
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%50%0%70.50
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%20%20%91.60
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%100%0%54.50