03082nam 22006011a 450 991081358290332120230617010145.00-19-028652-01-280-83516-80-19-534959-81-4237-7573-2(CKB)1000000000403396(EBL)316399(OCoLC)476107056(SSID)ssj0000249032(PQKBManifestationID)11176637(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249032(PQKBWorkID)10205576(PQKB)11054027(MiAaPQ)EBC316399(Au-PeEL)EBL316399(CaPaEBR)ebr10266558(CaONFJC)MIL83516(EXLCZ)99100000000040339620030421d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSouthern lady, Yankee spy[electronic resource] the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy /Elizabeth R. VaronNew York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (332 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517989-7 0-19-514228-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Map of Central Virginia; Map of Richmond; PROLOGUE; 1 "An Awful Responsibility" The Making of a Dissenter, 1818-1860; 2 "My Country! Oh My Country!" Virginia Leaves the Union; 3 "Our Flag Was Gone" The War's First Year; 4 "The Bright Rush of Life" The Making of the Richmond Underground; 5 Elizabeth and "The Beast" Butler Finds His Spy; 6 "This Precious Dust" The Clandestine Reburial of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren; 7 "The Smoke of Battle" Grant Moves on Richmond; 8 "A Flaming Altar" The Fall of Richmond and Its Aftermath9 "A Fiery Ordeal" The Trials of a Female Politician10 The Myth of "Crazy Bet"; EPILOGUE: Van Lew's Ghost; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEXNorthern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in American history, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South. In Southern Lady, Yankee Spy, historian Elizabeth Varon provides a gripping, richly researched account of the woman who led what one historian called ""the most productive espionage operation of the Civil War."" Under the nose of the Confederate government, Van Lew ran a spy ring that gathered intelligence, hampered the Southern war effort, and helped scores of UniSpiesUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Secret serviceSpies973.7/85/092BVaron Elizabeth R.1963-1618433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813582903321Southern lady, Yankee spy3950146UNINA