Secret Missions of the Civil War: Firsthand Accounts by Men and Women Who Risked Their Lives in Underground Activities for the North and South - Hardcover

Stern, Philip Van Doren

 
9780517000021: Secret Missions of the Civil War: Firsthand Accounts by Men and Women Who Risked Their Lives in Underground Activities for the North and South

Synopsis

By Philip Van Doren Stern. Prominent Civil War historian has woven a compelling history of the Civil War from first hand accounts by men and women who undertook secret missions and were involved in underground activities for both sides. Discussions of codes and ciphers used during this war. 320 pages. 6 X 9.

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"Here are the stories of spies and undercover agents, both Union and Confederate, based on long-suppressed secret service files....Mr. Stern has traced the evolution of Civil War underground activity."-Library Journal

?Here are the stories of spies and undercover agents, both Union and Confederate, based on long-suppressed secret service files....Mr. Stern has traced the evolution of Civil War underground activity.?-Library Journal

Synopsis

Traces the evolution of underground activity throughout the entire course of the Civil War.

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9780837176574: Secret Missions of the Civil War: First-hand Accounts by Men and Women Who Risked Their Lives in Underground Activities for the North and the South, Woven into a Continuous Narrative

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ISBN 10:  0837176573 ISBN 13:  9780837176574
Publisher: Praeger, 1975
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