The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion, Revealing Many Secrets of the War Hitherto Not Made Public (Classic Reprint)

"VT EARLY a score of years have passed since the ^ occurrence of the events related in the following pages. The " Rebellion," with its bloody scenes, has ended, and the country is at peace. The grass is waving green and beautiful over many Southern fields that once ran with human blood, as the contending forces met in the deadly encounter. The birds are carolling sweetly in the air, which then was laden with the clarion notes of the trumpet; the fierce, wild yell of assaulting soldiery; the booming of cannon, and the groans of the wounded and dying The merchant, the mechanic, and the husbandman have returned to the pursuits which they followed before the dark clouds of war had overshadowed this fair land, and they shouldered their muskets in defense of the Union. From the desolation and the ravages of war, the country has emerged into the
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OF TBH; TO; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; MM; Unwritten Page of History-^4 Political Resumi- Abraham Lincoln is Elected President* ' • 33; CHAPTER II; Opposition to Mr Lincoln s Inauguration-A Plot to Assassinate Kim- TJte Journey from Springfield, Illinois • • • 45; CHAPTER III; The Conspirators at Work-Detectives on tlieir Trail- Webster as a Soldier • - 5*; CONTENTS; CHAPTER IV; tkQM; TJu Conspirators in Council-My Operative Joins the; Conspiracy « • • • 74; CHAPTER V; The Presidential Party Arrives in Philadelphia-Independence Hall- The Departure from Harrisburg- Telegraph Wires Cut-Through t/ie Lines of Treason-Safe Arrival at Washington 81; CHAPTER VI; My Connection with tlie Rebellion-Timothy Webster; Accepts a Mission 104; CHAPTER VII; Webster on his Way to t/ie Capital- Wrecked Trains and Broken Bridges-An Adventure with a Cavalryman-A Rebel Emissary-President Lincoln and Timothy Webster 114; CHAPTER VI