The Spy of the Rebellion / Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion

Frontispiece. P. 158. Allan Pinkerton and General McClellan in Private Consultation.
COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS PREPARED FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN, GENERAL McCLELLAN AND THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL.
WHO (UNDER THE NOM-DE-PLUME OF MAJOR E. J. ALLEN) WAS CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. Introduction by Patrick Bass University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London Introduction copyright © 1989 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First Bison Book printing: 1989 Most recent printing indicated by the last digit below: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
The spy of the rebellion: being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public / by Allan Pinkerton: introduction by Patrick Bass.
p. cm.
Compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln, General McClellan, and the provost-marshal-general.
Reprint. Originally published: Hartford, Conn.: M. A. Winter & Hatch, 1883.
ISBN 0-8032-3686-7 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-8032-8722-4 (pbk.)
1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Secret service. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives. 3. Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. I. Title. E608.P65 1989
973.7'86—dc20 89-33081 CIP
Reprinted from the 1883 edition published by M. A. Winter & Hatch, Hartford, Connecticut. An appendix, Rebel Forces before Richmond, has been omitted from this Bison Book edition.