Question

union armies often lacked information about the local territory when they marched through a southern state like virginia. which of the following people would most likely give information that was both trustworthy and up - to - date to the union army? an enslaved person who had spent her entire life in virginia a confederate soldier who had been captured several months before a northern army officer who had once visited virginia as a child a wealthy slaveholder who had spent his entire life in virginia

Explanation:

An enslaved person who lived their whole life in Virginia would have intimate, current knowledge of local territory, and would have incentive to assist the Union (which was fighting to end slavery). A captured Confederate soldier from months prior would have outdated info, a northern officer's childhood visit gives no current local knowledge, and a wealthy slaveholder would be loyal to the Confederacy and untrustworthy to the Union.

Answer:

an enslaved person who had spent her entire life in Virginia