Project Gutenberg 2011-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 177 Pinkerton, Allan 1819 1884 89033081 The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "The Spy of the Rebellion" by Allan Pinkerton is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides a detailed narrative of the spy system employed by the United States Army during the Civil War, revealing many secrets and operations that were previously unknown to the public. The narrative centers on Pinkerton himself, as he recounts the covert actions taken to protect President Abraham Lincoln and thwart assassination attempts against him during his journey to Washington. At the start of the book, Pinkerton reflects on the political climate leading up to Lincoln's inauguration, describing the growing hostility in the South and the alarming threats against the President-elect. He reveals early warnings of a conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln while traveling through Baltimore and shares his efforts as the Chief of the Secret Service to investigate and capture the plotters. The opening chapters introduce Pinkerton's operatives, including Timothy Webster, who play essential roles in the unfolding drama as they gather intelligence and navigate the treacherous environment of a nation on the brink of civil war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service E456 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 990011 990029 2024-09-14T14:37:31.610617 2023-09-15T09:15:06.217687 text/html text/html 999223 2011-01-15T11:25:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4182301 2011-01-15T11:25:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4282481 2024-09-14T14:37:47.780573 application/epub+zip 4293758 2024-09-14T14:37:35.305622 application/epub+zip 447179 2024-09-14T14:37:33.297614 application/epub+zip 4594580 2024-09-14T14:37:56.619501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4511994 2024-09-14T14:37:45.481592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699237 2022-09-16T06:17:38.801178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 902154 902048 2024-09-14T14:37:29.180653 2023-09-15T09:15:03.951660 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 902102 2011-01-15T11:25:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 330456 2011-01-15T11:25:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 902095 2011-01-15T11:25:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 330423 2011-01-15T11:25:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20894 2024-09-14T14:37:56.782481 application/rdf+xml 12095 2024-09-14T14:37:33.701624 image/jpeg 3559 2024-09-14T14:37:33.500619 image/jpeg 4242651 2024-09-14T14:37:31.830613 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia