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Spies and spymasters of the Civil War

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Spies and spymasters of the Civil War -- Spies & spymasters of the Civil War

Call No

E608

Edition

Rev. & expanded ed.

Authors

Markle, Donald E

Subjects

Spies--United States--History--19th century.
Spies--United States--Biography.
Intelligence service--United States--History--19th century.
Harriet Tubman.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.

Language

English

Published

New York : Hippocrene Books, 2004.

Publication Desc

xix, 284 pages, [7] pages of plates : illustrations ;

ISBN

078181037X

(pbk.)

LCCN

2004304454

Dimensions

23 cm.

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General Note

Women Soldiers' Stories.

Content Note

Civil War "spy chiefs" -- Intelligence courier systems -- Secret organizations: Northern sympathizers in the South ; Southern sympathizers in the north -- Technology assist in Civil War spying -- Intelligence gathering by cryptology: Union cryptography ; Confederate cryptography -- Unique spy groups: Confederate operations in Canada ; Negro spies ; Newsboys ; Spies from Europe ; Spies in Europe ; Telegraphic spies -- Imprisonment, exchange and execution of spies -- Individual spies -- Confederate male spies: Thomas Conrad ; Major W.P. Gorman ; Harrison ; Thomas R. Hines ; "Renfrew" ; Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow -- Lesser known Confederate male spies: Colonel Ashby ; Walter Bowie ; E. Pliny Bryan ; John Burke ; C.E. Coleman ; Godfrey Hyamns ; A.D. Lytle ; Captain J. Maxwell ; Channing Smith ; William Smithson ; Dr. Aaron Van Camp -- Union Male spies: Spencer Kellogg Brown ; George Curtis ; James A. Garfield ; "Colonel" Philps Henson ; William A. Lloyd ; Corporal Pike ; Archibald Rowand, Jr. ; Samuel Ruth ; Felix Stidger ; Timothy Webster ; Captain H.H. Young -- Lesser known Union male spies: James Andrews ; "Tinker" Dave Beatty ; Harry Davies ; "Charlie Davis" ; Alexander Gardner ; Joseph McCabe ; Thomas McCammon ; Charles Phillips ; John Y. Phillips ; B.W. Saunders ; William T. Wood -- Confederate female spies: Belle Boyd ; Rose O'Neal Greenhow ; Sarah Slater -- Lesser known Confederate female spies: Mrs. Braxley ; Belle Edmondson ; Antonia Ford ; Laura R. Hanna ; Nancy Hart ; Augusta Morris ; Ginnie Moon ; Lottie Moon ; Ann Patterson ; Kate Patterson -- Union female spies: Mrs. E.H. Baker ; Pauline Cushman ; Emma Edmonds ; Elizabeth Van Lew -- Lesser known female Union spies: Mrs. Frances Abel ; Hattie Lawton ; Jeanette Laurier Mabry ; Mrs. Green ; Mrs. Rice ; Dr. Mary E. Walker ; Rebecca West -- Listing of all known Civil War spies -- Addendum to revised edition: Foreword ; "After life" ; Amateur hour ; How far we have come -- Glossary of Civil War spy terms ; Listing of books written by Civil War spies.