Top Secret Files : the Civil War, Spies, Secret Missions, and Hidden Facts From the Civil War.

The pigpen cipher, the Devil's Coffee Mill, and germ warfare were all a part of the Civil War, but you won't learn that in your history books! Discover the truth about Widow Greenhow's spy ring, how soldiers stole a locomotive, and the identity of the mysterious "Gray Ghost."...

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Main Author: Bearce, Stephanie (Author)
Other title:Civil War.
Spies, secret missions, and hidden facts from the Civil War.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Secrets The Plot Against Lincoln The Black Dispatch Confederate Signal Corps Spy Training: Secret Signals Spy Training: Spy Kit Slave Turned Spy: John Scobell Spy, Soldier, Nurse: Sarah Emma Edmonds La Belle Rebelle: Belle Boyd Crazy Bet Widow Greenhow Savvy Spy or Super Scammer?: Lafayette Baker Southern Spy for the North Spy Training: Spy Fan Spy Training: Secret Eggs The Great Locomotive Chase Sneaky Retreat Operation Dabney The Sanchez Sisters Secret Messages How to Wreck a Railroad Spy Training: Make a Cipher Wheel Spy Training: Make a Scytale Secret Weapons Abraham Lincoln's Secret Weapon Harmonica Pistol Winans Steam Gun Secret Submarine The Devil's Coffee Mill Spy Balloons Germ Warfare Ironclads: The Secret Weapon of the Navy In the Limelight Spy Training: Secret Map Spy Training: Hot Air Balloon Secret Forces Johnny Clem, Boy Solider The Gray Ghost The Jessie Scouts McNeill's Rangers Attack on the Albemarle Spy Training: Tracking Practice Spy Training: Ranger Camp Bibliography About The Author.