Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster
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Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster

The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster

The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

About this book

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this gripping Civil War history, Fox Business's Gerri Willis charts the making of a spymaster genius.

Wealthy Southern belle Elizabeth Van Lew had it all. Money, charm, wit—the most elegant mansion in Richmond.

So why risk everything to become a Union spy?

The answer was simple: freedom. Right in the heart of the Confederate capital, Elizabeth played the society lady while building a secret espionage network of slaves, Unionists, and prisoners of war.

It would cost her almost everything. Flouting society’s expectations for women, Elizabeth infiltrated prisons and defied public opinion. Her story is filled with vivid personalities, including:

  • Assassin John Wilkes Booth
  • Washington socialite and Southern spy Rose Greenhow
  • Prison escape artist Thomas Rose
  • Cavalry hero Ulrich Dahlgren
  • Black spy Mary Bowser who infiltrated the Confederate White House

From grave robbery to a bold voyage across enemy lines, Elizabeth’s escapades only grew more daring. But it paid off.

By the war’s end, she had agents in both the Confederate War Department and the Richmond White House, and her couriers provided General Ulysses S. Grant with crucial, daily intelligence for his final assault.

With extensive and fresh research, Gerri Willis uncovers the Southern abolitionist heroine that the Lost Cause buried—an unbelievable tale of one woman’s courage, resistance, and liberation. Heartfelt, thrilling, and inspiring, Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster restores a forgotten hero to her rightful place as an American icon.

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Information

Publisher
Harper
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780063333666
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Key Characters
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. A Kindred Spirit
  9. 2. Southern Belles
  10. 3. Peace, Peace, but There Is No Peace
  11. 4. Elizabeth vs. the Fire-Eaters
  12. 5. The Knights of the Golden Circle
  13. 6. Aiding and Giving Comfort . . . to the Enemy
  14. 7. In the Confederate White House
  15. 8. Inside Job
  16. 9. The Making of an Assassin
  17. 10. Glorious Charges and Yellow Ribbons
  18. 11. Begging for Bread
  19. 12. Too Close for Comfort
  20. 13. The Journey Through Rat Hell
  21. 14. The Undertaking Is a Desperate One
  22. 15. Ulric the Hun
  23. 16. Total War
  24. 17. Sweltering Sea of Fire
  25. 18. Stout Men Cried
  26. 19. A Muff and Gunpowder Tea
  27. Epilogue
  28. Acknowledgments
  29. Notes
  30. About the Author
  31. Also by Gerri Willis
  32. Copyright
  33. About the Publisher