Author: James D. Horan
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786257092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
With never-before published contemporary photographs, facsimile documents and other illustrations... The true story of the conspiracy that came close to destroying the Union from within, getting Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to join the Confederacy while New York City was in flames. Chicago was ready for rebellion, 100,000 Northern Confederates stood ready to strike. Based on official papers hitherto suppressed by the U.S. War Dept.—the secret and unpublished diaries of Capt. Thomas H. Hines, C.S.A., official agent of the Confederate government and mastermind of its underground.— Print Ed.
Confederate Agent: A Discovery In History
Author: James D. Horan
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786257092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
With never-before published contemporary photographs, facsimile documents and other illustrations... The true story of the conspiracy that came close to destroying the Union from within, getting Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to join the Confederacy while New York City was in flames. Chicago was ready for rebellion, 100,000 Northern Confederates stood ready to strike. Based on official papers hitherto suppressed by the U.S. War Dept.—the secret and unpublished diaries of Capt. Thomas H. Hines, C.S.A., official agent of the Confederate government and mastermind of its underground.— Print Ed.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786257092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
With never-before published contemporary photographs, facsimile documents and other illustrations... The true story of the conspiracy that came close to destroying the Union from within, getting Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to join the Confederacy while New York City was in flames. Chicago was ready for rebellion, 100,000 Northern Confederates stood ready to strike. Based on official papers hitherto suppressed by the U.S. War Dept.—the secret and unpublished diaries of Capt. Thomas H. Hines, C.S.A., official agent of the Confederate government and mastermind of its underground.— Print Ed.
James D. Bulloch
Author: Walter E. Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South's covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civil War, Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically, this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the favorite uncle and mentor to Theodore Roosevelt. Bulloch's astonishing life unfolds in this first-ever biography.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe. As head of the South's covert shipbuilding and logistics program overseas during the American Civil War, Bulloch acquired a staggering 49 warships, blockade runners, and tenders; built "invulnerable" ocean-going ironclads; sustained Confederate logistics; financed covert operations; and acted as the mastermind behind the destruction of 130 Union ships. Ironically, this man who conspired to destroy the Union and kidnap its president later stood as the favorite uncle and mentor to Theodore Roosevelt. Bulloch's astonishing life unfolds in this first-ever biography.
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Author: Thomas B. Allen
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426304019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Tells the story of Harriet Tubman and other slaves and free African-Americans who risked death to gather information about the Confederacy for the Union during the Civil War.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426304019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Tells the story of Harriet Tubman and other slaves and free African-Americans who risked death to gather information about the Confederacy for the Union during the Civil War.
Thomas A. Jones
Author: John Wearmouth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780788454738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This Thomas A. Jones work fills in many unknown aspects of the Booth-Herold escape account first exposed a century and a quarter ago. In late April 1865, journals coast to coast ran headlines about the assassins' flight following Lincoln's murder.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780788454738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This Thomas A. Jones work fills in many unknown aspects of the Booth-Herold escape account first exposed a century and a quarter ago. In late April 1865, journals coast to coast ran headlines about the assassins' flight following Lincoln's murder.
Our Man in Charleston
Author: Christopher Dickey
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307887278
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"The little-known story of a British diplomat who serves as a spy in South Carolina at the dawn of the Civil War, posing as a friend to slave-owning aristocrats when he was actually telling Britain not to support the Confederacy"--
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307887278
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"The little-known story of a British diplomat who serves as a spy in South Carolina at the dawn of the Civil War, posing as a friend to slave-owning aristocrats when he was actually telling Britain not to support the Confederacy"--
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy
Author: Elizabeth R. Varon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195179897
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A gripping account of the Civil War era story of Elizabeth Van Lew: high-society Southern lady, risk-taking Union spy, and postwar politician.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195179897
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A gripping account of the Civil War era story of Elizabeth Van Lew: high-society Southern lady, risk-taking Union spy, and postwar politician.
Confederate and Southern Agent Marked Shotguns
Author: Russ A. Pritchard, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618501196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book documents the use of the common shotgun by elements of theConfederate Army and Navy during the American Civil War 1861-1865. Asection on Southern agent marked shotguns is included. Origin,acquisition and alterations for military use are discussed as well asspecialized ammunition and equipment used in conjunction with shotguns.The book is profusely illustrated with professional color photography andperiod images of Confederate soldiers armed with these weapons.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618501196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book documents the use of the common shotgun by elements of theConfederate Army and Navy during the American Civil War 1861-1865. Asection on Southern agent marked shotguns is included. Origin,acquisition and alterations for military use are discussed as well asspecialized ammunition and equipment used in conjunction with shotguns.The book is profusely illustrated with professional color photography andperiod images of Confederate soldiers armed with these weapons.
General James Longstreet
Author: Jeffry D. Wert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet, he was largely held to blame for the Confederacy's defeat at Gettysburg. General James Longstreet sheds new light on the controversial commander and the man Robert E. Lee called “my old war horse.”
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet, he was largely held to blame for the Confederacy's defeat at Gettysburg. General James Longstreet sheds new light on the controversial commander and the man Robert E. Lee called “my old war horse.”
The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
Author: James Dunwody Bulloch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Confederacy
Author: Henry Putney Beers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A guide to Confederate records held in various repositories.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A guide to Confederate records held in various repositories.