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Secret Missions of the Civil War
Secret Missions of the Civil War
Author: Philip Van Doren Stern
Civil War historian and celebrated author Philip Van Doren Stern presents an underground history woven from first hand accounts of Civil War spies, scouts, detectives and double agents. Secret Missions of the Civil War gives an inside look into the birth of modern spy warfare: secret codes, Allen Pinkerton, assassinations, McClellan's person...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780517214466
ISBN-10: 0517214466
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Portland House
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very interesting for those who are into reading about the American Civil War. It is a history book, not a novel. Recognizing it as such, your attention will be held. It is arranged by years 1861-1865. Covers such subjects as The Founder of the Pinkertons, Confederates Buying Arms in Europe, Female Spies, Morgan and Mosby, Torpedoes, Confederate Attack on NYC, CSS Shenandoah - The last of the Confederate Cruisers.
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