Secret Missions of the Civil War
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Secret Missions of the Civil War

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eBook - ePub

Secret Missions of the Civil War

About this book

Civil War historian and celebrated author Philip Van Doren Stern presents an underground history woven from first hand accounts of Civil War spies, scouts, detectives and double agents. Secret Missions of the Civil War gives an inside look into the birth of modern spy warfare: secret codes, Allen Pinkerton, assassinations, McClellan's personal spy, European arms dealing, the Secret Service, Morgan and Mosby, the stunning Mrs. Rose O'Neal, privateers, the New York draft riots and torpedoes. Through astute and carefully documented commentary, Stern shows how seemingly random acts of underground warfare dramatically influenced the course of the war and American history.

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Table of contents

  1. Extended Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. 1861
  4. Washington on the Eve of the War
  5. The Founder of the Pinkertons Shadows a Beautiful Rebel Spy
  6. The Future Head of U.S. Secret Service Activities Goes on His First Mission
  7. How the Confederates Got Arms and Ammunition in Europe
  8. The First Confederate Cruiser Puts Out to Sea
  9. The Confederacy’s First Government-Owned Blockade Runner Begins Her Career
  10. 1862
  11. Belle Boyd Starts Her Work as a Spy
  12. A Union Spy Tells How He Operated
  13. A Female Spy Changes Her Color
  14. Carrying a Memorized Cipher Message Through the Lines
  15. A Confederate Cruiser Runs the Gantlet
  16. 1863
  17. A Dummy Ironclad Goes on a Secret Mission with No One on Board
  18. Morgan and His Men Escape from Prison
  19. The Draft Riots
  20. 1864
  21. The Confederate Torpedo Service
  22. The Tallahassee Terrifies New York and New England
  23. The Explosion at City Point
  24. Mosby’s Greenback Raid
  25. The Confederates Raid Vermont
  26. The Destruction of the Albemarle
  27. The Confederates Try to Burn New York City
  28. 1865
  29. Capturing a Confederate Guerrilla Leader
  30. Lee Sends His Last Message to Jefferson Davis
  31. The Last of the Confederate Cruisers
  32. Codes and Ciphers in the Civil War
  33. Copyright