This record has been deleted from the database. We recommend that you remove this title from any lists it may have been added to.
Southern lady, Yankee spy : the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy / Elizabeth R. Varon.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195142284 (acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: xi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "An awful responsibility": the making of a dissenter, 1818-1860 -- "My country! Oh my country!": Virginia leaves the Union -- "Our flag was gone": The war's first year -- "The bright rush of life": The making of the Richmond underground -- Bet and the "beast": Butler finds his spy -- "This precious dust": The clandestine reburial of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren -- "The smoke of battle": Grant moves on Richmond -- "A flaming altar": The fall of Richmond and its aftermath -- "A fiery ordeal": The trials of a female politician -- The myth of "Crazy Bet" -- Epilogue: Van Lew's ghost. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900. Spies > United States > Biography. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service. Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Spionnen. 7.150. |