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_Allan Pinkerton and General McClellan in Private Consultation._]
REVEALING MANY SECRETS OF THE WAR HITHERTO NOT MADE PUBLIC.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, GENERAL McCLELLAN AND THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL.
(UNDER THE NOM-DE-PLUME OF MAJOR E. J. ALLEN)
CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
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 / by Allan Pinkerton: introduction by Patrick Bass.
"Compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln, General McClellan, and the provost-marshal-general."
Reprint. Originally published: Hartford, Conn.: M. A. Winter & Hatch, 1883.
ISBN 0-8032-3686-7 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-8032-8722-4 (pbk.)
1. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service. 2. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives. 3. Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. I. Title. E608.P65 1989
Reprinted from the 1883 edition published by M. A. Winter & Hatch, Hartford, Connecticut. An appendix, "Rebel Forces before Richmond," has been omitted from this Bison Book edition.
_An Unwritten Page of History.--A Political Resumé.--Abraham Lincoln is Elected President._ 33
_Opposition to Mr. Lincoln's Inauguration.--A Plot to Assassinate him.--The Journey from Springfield, Illinois._ 45
_The Conspirators at Work.--Detectives on their Trail.--Webster as a Soldier._ 58
_The Conspirators in Council.--My Operative Joins the Conspiracy._ 74
_The Presidential Party Arrives in Philadelphia.--Independence Hall.--The Departure from Harrisburg.--Telegraph Wires Cut.--Through the Lines of Treason.--Safe Arrival at Washington._ 81
_My Connection with the Rebellion.--Timothy Webster Accepts a Mission._ 104
_Webster on his Way to the Capital.--Wrecked Trains and Broken Bridges.--An Adventure with a Cavalryman.--A Rebel Emissary.--President Lincoln and Timothy Webster_. 114