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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winkler, H. Donald, 1932-
Language:English
Published: Naperville, Ill. : Cumberland House, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
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.
Women spies > United States > Biography.
Women spies > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Women.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Secret service.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Biography.
Women spies > Biography.
Confederate States of America > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.