Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens proposed a special bill to allow Wright a federal pension, but failed to secure its passage, other members objecting on account of her sex. Rebecca Wright eventually accepted the job offer, moved to Washington, D.C. the following July, and remained a federal civil servant for 47 years. She married William Bonsal, a veteran of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1871, and financed his purchase of a farm in Kansas, but successive poor crops led him to return to Washington, D.C. Death and legacy Rebecca Wright Bonsal retired from her federal job shortly before her death in 1914. She was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Winchester and surrounding counties have recently erected monuments explaining her wartime service, and that of Thomas Laws. References Books 1838 births 1914 deaths American Civil War spies American Quakers People of Virginia in the American Civil War Female wartime spies People from Winchester, Virginia Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)