SPY OF THE REBELLION

Author: Allan Pinkerton

Publisher: Univ. of Nebraska Press

Year published: 1989

Pagination: 666pp, 20 illustrations

Condition: Good, some edgewear

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"Being a True History of the Spy System of the US Army During the Late Rebellion, Revealing many Secrets of the War hitherto not made Public. Compiled From Official Reports prepared for President Lincoln, General McClelland and the Provost-Marshal General". Pinkerton, the founder of the renowned Detective Agency, was the Chief of the US Secret Service. He recounts his successful thwarting of the attempt to assassinate Lincoln in 1861 and his activities in the Civil War as the Chief of the Secret Service.