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A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe

A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe

Mauro, Charles V.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralCivil War Period (1850-1877)

Publisher Price: $32.99

ISBN10: 1540220346
ISBN13: 9781540220349
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: Jun 1 2009
Pages: 226
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As the Civil War raged, Confederate brigadier general J.E.B. Stuart entrusted a secret album to Laura Ratcliffe, a young girl in Fairfax County, as a token of his high appreciation of her patriotism, admiration of her virtues, and pledge of his lasting esteem. A devoted Southerner, Laura provided a safe haven for Rebel forces, along with intelligence gathered from passing Union soldiers. Ratcliffe's book contains four poems and forty undated signatures: twenty-six of Confederate officers and soldiers and fourteen of loyal Confederate civilians. In A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia, Charles V. Mauro uncovers the mystery behind this album, identifying who the soldiers were and when they could have signed its pages. The result is a fascinating look at the covert lives and relationships of civilians and soldiers during the war, kept hidden until now.

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