MAJOR J. O. KERBEY
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE BOY SPY.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. ON DUTY AS A SPY AT THE REBEL CAPITAL, MONTGOMERY,
CHAPTER III. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA IN REBEL LINES FORT PICKENS ADMIRAL PORTER AND THE NAVY.
CHAPTER IV. CROSSING THE BAY TO FORT PICKENS, ETC.
CHAPTER V. REBEL NEWSPAPERS ON ADMIRAL PORTER'S SHIP.
CHAPTER VI. ADMIRAL PORTER SAVES THE BOY'S LIFE INTERVIEW WITH
CHAPTER VII. REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, AT
CHAPTER VIII. A NIGHT'S SCOUT IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY REBEL
CHAPTER IX. REPORTING TO GENERAL BANKS' HEADQUARTERS FOR
CHAPTER X. AT BEAUREGARD'S HEADQUARTERS ON DUTY AT MANASSAS.
CHAPTER XI. IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS INTERCEPTED AT MANASSAS, WHICH
CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER ESCAPE, ETC.
CHAPTER XIII. ONE MORE ESCAPE "YANKING" THE TELEGRAPH WIRES "ON TO RICHMOND!" A CLOSE SHAVE.
CHAPTER XIV. ON TO RICHMOND A NIGHT OF TERROR A GHASTLY FIND
CHAPTER XV. SICK IN RICHMOND CONCEALED BY A COLORED BOY AND
CHAPTER XVI. RICHMOND HOLLYWOOD JEFF DAVIS BRECKINRIDGE EXTRA BILLY SMITH MAYOR, GOVERNOR, ETC.
CHAPTER XVII. RICHMOND A CLOSE SHAVE.
CHAPTER XVIII. RICHMOND ON AN AUTUMN MORNING A GROUP OF GOOD
CHAPTER XVIII. A NARROW ESCAPE RECOGNIZED BY TEXAS FRIENDS AT
CHAPTER XIX. RICHMOND, FALL, 1861 DAILY VISITS TO THE WAR
CHAPTER XX. ONE SUNDAY IN RICHMOND JEFF DAVIS' AND GENERAL
CHAPTER XXI. MARYLAND "REFUGEES" COERCING INTO THE UNION EAST
CHAPTER XXII. CRUELTY OF GENERAL LEDBETTER ANOTHER NARROW
CHAPTER XXIII. RETURN HOME FROM CUMBERLAND GAP MEETING WITH PARSON BROWNLOW ON HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER XXIV. ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON MEETS HON. JOHN COVODE J.
CHAPTER XXV. GENO FREDERICKSBURG A CHAPTER OF WAR HISTORY NOT IN The Century PAPERS.
CHAPTER XXVI. A SCOUT TO RICHMOND DEVELOPS IMPORTANT
CHAPTER XXVII. OLD CAPITOL PRISON BELLE BOYD, THE REBEL SPY, A
CHAPTER XXVIII. FIRED OUT OF OLD CAPITOL PRISON "DON'T COME
CHAPTER XXIX. LIFE AT HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC SOME
CHAPTER XXX. CONSPIRACIES AMONG UNION GENERALS AND NORTHERN
CHAPTER XXXI. FAREWELL TO FREDERICKSBURG GENERAL
CHAPTER XXXII. SENT TO FIND GENERAL BUFORD A HASTY RIDE THE
CHAPTER XXXIII. CLOSING CHAPTER.
A SUBSTANTIALLY TRUE RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE DURING THE WAR
OF THE REBELLION. A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF EVENTS
WITNESSED BY A SOLDIER ATTACHED TO
HEADQUARTERS
THE ONLY PRACTICAL HISTORY OF WAR TELEGRAPHERS IN THE FIELD—A
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE MYSTERIES OF SIGNALING BY FLAGS,
TORCHES, AND ROCKETS—THRILLING SCENES OF
BATTLES, CAPTURES AND ESCAPES
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