Stealing secrets : how a few daring women deceived generals, impacted battles, and altered the course of the Civil War

Winkler, H. Donald, 1932-

Book

Naperville, Ill. : Cumberland House, ©2010.

xv, 334 pages : illustrations, ports ; 23 cm.

Women spies -- United States -- Biography.

Women spies -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.

Biographies.

Rebel queen of Washington spies : Rose Greenhow -- Vanished without a trace : Sarah Slater -- "Singing as sweetly as ever" : Olivia Floyd -- Grant's most valuable Richmond spy : Elizabeth Van Lew -- The spy who saved ships : Elizabeth Baker -- Double trouble sister act : Ginnie and Lottie Moon -- The perils of Pauline : Pauline Cushman -- The heroine of Winchester : Rebecca Wright -- A glorious consummation : Harriet Tubman -- A teenage terrorist : Nancy Hart -- "No sacrifice too great" : Antonia Ford and Laura Ratcliffe -- Mosby's Merry Christmas : Roberta Pollock -- A secesh Cleopatra : Belle Boyd -- The clever masquerader : Emma Edmonds -- Trapped in a sting operation : Clara Judd -- Sarah's deadly revenge : Sarah Lane Thompson -- Hired to find herself : Loreta Velazquez -- Beyond the call of duty : more heroines -- Did she die for their sins? : Mary Surratt.

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