The Boy Spy

A substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion, a correct account of events witnessed by a soldierBy Joseph Orton Kerbey

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In "The Boy Spy," Joseph Orton Kerbey masterfully weaves a gripping narrative centered on the adventures of a young protagonist pulled into the clandestine world of espionage. The novel is characterized by its brisk pacing, sharp dialogue, and vivid characterizations, reflecting the styles prevalent in mid-20th century adventure literature. Set against a backdrop of shifting political landscapes, Kerbey artfully interlaces themes of loyalty, courage, and the loss of innocence, positioning the work within the broader context of young adult literature aimed at fostering resilience and moral fortitude in its readership. Joseph Orton Kerbey, an author known for his keen observations of societal norms and youth experiences, drew inspiration from his own formative encounters with the realities of war and intrigue. His background, marked by a passion for storytelling and an affinity for history, informs the authentic settings and emotional depth found in "The Boy Spy." Kerbey'Äôs personal experiences likely shaped his understanding of the struggles between duty and personal integrity, making his protagonist'Äôs journey both relatable and poignant. This novel is highly recommended for readers seeking an enthralling tale that not only entertains but also challenges them to consider the complexities of bravery and morality. With its engaging plot and richly drawn characters, "The Boy Spy" is a compelling addition to the adventure genre and a testament to Kerbey's prowess as a storyteller.

Espionage Conspiracy Political Intrigue Thriller Hidden Identity Hero Mystery Adventure Journey Betrayal Coming of Age

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GenreYoung Adult

Length18 hrs 24 mins

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Publish dateDec 4, 2019

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1Introduction

2PREFACE.

3ILLUSTRATIONS.

4CHAPTER I.: INTRODUCTORY.

5CHAPTER II.: ON DUTY AS A SPY AT THE REBEL CAPITAL, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA—LIVING IN SAME HOTEL WITH JEFF DAVIS AND HIS CABINET—CONSPIRATORS FROM WASHINGTON INTERVIEWED—BOUNTY OFFERED BY CONFEDERATES BEFORE A GUN WAS FIRED—FORT SUMTER AND FORT PICKENS.

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6CHAPTER III.: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA—IN REBEL LINES—FORT PICKENS—ADMIRAL PORTER AND THE NAVY.

7CHAPTER IV.: CROSSING THE BAY TO FORT PICKENS, ETC.

8CHAPTER V.: REBEL NEWSPAPERS—ON ADMIRAL PORTER&#x27;S SHIP.

9CHAPTER VI.: ADMIRAL PORTER SAVES THE BOY&#x27;S LIFE—INTERVIEW WITH THE REBEL FLAG-OF-TRUCE OFFICERS, WHO CLAIM HIM FOR A VICTIM—SCENES ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR—RETURN HOME BY SEA—RECEPTION IN NEW YORK—TELEGRAPH ACQUAINTANCES—NEW YORK PAPERS RECORD THE ADVENTURE IN FULL PAGE.

10CHAPTER VII.: REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, AT WASHINGTON—ORDERED ON ANOTHER SCOUT TO VIRGINIA—IN PATTERSON&#x27;S ARMY, IN VIRGINIA, BEFORE THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

11CHAPTER VIII.: A NIGHT&#x27;S SCOUT IN JOHNSTON&#x27;S ARMY—REBEL SIGNALS—VISITORS FROM THE UNION ARMY HEADQUARTERS REPORT TO REBEL HEADQUARTERS—GENERAL J. E. JOHNSTON&#x27;S ESCAPE TO BEAUREGARD REPORTED TO GENERAL PATTERSON—FITZ-JOHN PORTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN, AS HE WAS CASHIERED FOR THAT OF THE SECOND BULL RUN—AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR HISTORY OF THE TIME—THE STORY SINCE CONFIRMED BY THE &quot;CENTURY&quot; HISTORIANS OF LINCOLN, SECRETARIES NICOLAY AND HAY.

12CHAPTER IX.: REPORTING TO GENERAL BANKS&#x27; HEADQUARTERS FOR DUTY—THE LIFE OF JEFF DAVIS THREATENED—CAPTURED AT HARPER&#x27;S FERRY—INTERESTING PERSONAL LETTERS CORROBORATING THE SUPPOSED DEATH OF THE &quot;BOY SPY.&quot;

13CHAPTER X.: AT BEAUREGARD&#x27;S HEADQUARTERS—ON DUTY AT MANASSAS.

14CHAPTER XI.: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS INTERCEPTED AT MANASSAS, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT THE REBEL ARMY HAD NO INTENTION, AND WERE NOT ABLE TO ADVANCE AFTER MANASSAS—THE REBEL ARMY DEMORALIZED BY SUCCESS, AND TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. ABSENT FROM EPIDEMIC—ON THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE—OBSERVATION INSIDE REBEL CAMPS—TALKING WITH RICHMOND BY WIRE—CAPTURED BY REBEL PICKET IN SIGHT OF THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

15CHAPTER XII.: ANOTHER ESCAPE, ETC.

16CHAPTER XIII.: ONE MORE ESCAPE—&quot;YANKING&quot; THE TELEGRAPH WIRES—&quot;ON TO RICHMOND!&quot;—A CLOSE SHAVE.

17CHAPTER XIV.: ON TO RICHMOND—A NIGHT OF TERROR—A GHASTLY FIND IN THE WOODS—ATTACKED BY BLOODHOUNDS—OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES—FIRST VISIT TO FREDERICKSBURG—A COLLECTION TAKEN UP IN A CHURCH IN VIRGINIA FOR THE &quot;BOY SPY&quot;—ARRIVES IN RICHMOND.

18CHAPTER XV.: SICK IN RICHMOND—CONCEALED BY A COLORED BOY AND UNABLE TO MOVE—AN ORIGINAL CIPHER LETTER SENT THROUGH THE BLOCKADE TO WASHINGTON THAT TELLS THE WHOLE STORY IN A FEW WORDS—MEETING WITH MARYLAND REFUGEES—THE BOY SPY SERENADED—&quot;MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND&quot;—JEFF DAVIS&#x27; OFFICE AND HOME—A VISIT TO UNION PRISONERS AT LIBBY PRISON, ETC.

19CHAPTER XVI.: RICHMOND—HOLLYWOOD—JEFF DAVIS—BRECKINRIDGE—EXTRA BILLY SMITH—MAYOR, GOVERNOR, ETC.

20CHAPTER XVII.: RICHMOND—A CLOSE SHAVE.

21CHAPTER XVIII.: RICHMOND ON AN AUTUMN MORNING—A GROUP OF GOOD LOOKING SOLDIERS—JEFF DAVIS PASSED BY—THE BATTLE OF BALL&#x27;S BLUFF—RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS.

22CHAPTER XVIII.: A NARROW ESCAPE—RECOGNIZED BY TEXAS FRIENDS AT A RICHMOND THEATRE—PERSONNEL OF THE MARYLAND BATTERY—REFUGEES FROM IRELAND—CAMP LEE, NEAR RICHMOND—OUR CAPTAIN—LIEUTENANT CLAIBORNE, OF MISSISSIPPI—OUR SECTION-DRILLS—HORSES FOR OUR USE IN TOWN AND ADJOINING COUNTY—VISITS OF LADIES—CAPITOLA—POPULARITY OF REFUGEES—THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR MARYLANDERS—TABLEAU—JEFF DAVIS STRIKES THE CHAINS FROM THE ENSLAVED MARYLAND BEAUTY.

23CHAPTER XIX.: RICHMOND, FALL, 1861—DAILY VISITS TO THE WAR OFFICE, MECHANICS&#x27; HALL—EVENINGS DEVOTED TO VISITS IN TOWN—MIXED UP WITH MARYLAND LADIES—FORT PICKENS OPENS FIRE ON PENSACOLA BATTERIES—GENERAL WINDER, OF MARYLAND—JEFF DAVIS INAUGURATED PRESIDENT—SHAKE HANDS WITH JEFF DAVIS.

24CHAPTER XX.: ONE SUNDAY IN RICHMOND—JEFF DAVIS&#x27; AND GENERAL LEE&#x27;S HOMES AND CHURCH—RECOGNIZED AT LIBBY PRISON—VISIT TO TEXAS CAMP—A &quot;DIFFICULTY&quot; RENEWED—THRILLING EXPERIENCE—A NIGHT IN RICHMOND WITH TEXAS BOYS.

25CHAPTER XXI.: MARYLAND &quot;REFUGEES&quot;—COERCING INTO THE UNION EAST TENNESSEE &quot;REFUGEES&quot;—PARSON BROWNLOW INTERVIEWED—A HAPPY EXPERIENCE WITH MAGGIE CRAIG—THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRING—FIRST UNION VICTORY AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE REBEL ARMY.

26CHAPTER XXII.: CRUELTY OF GENERAL LEDBETTER—ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE—ORDERED TO CUMBERLAND GAP—A WEARISOME JOURNEY—ARRIVED AT THE GAP—THE STOLEN LETTER—ALONE IN THE DARKNESS—THE NORTH STAR—DAY DAWN.

27CHAPTER XXIII.: RETURN HOME FROM CUMBERLAND GAP—MEETING WITH PARSON BROWNLOW ON HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON.

28CHAPTER XXIV.: ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON—MEETS HON. JOHN COVODE—J. W. FORNEY AND SENATORS—TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR—REMARKABLE INTERVIEWS WITH SECRETARY STANTON—A VISIT TO MR. LINCOLN, AT WASHINGTON—THE TELEGRAPH CORPS—AGAIN ORDERED TO THE FRONT, AT FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA.

29CHAPTER XXV.: GENO—FREDERICKSBURG—A CHAPTER OF WAR HISTORY NOT IN The Century PAPERS.

30CHAPTER XXVI.: A SCOUT TO RICHMOND DEVELOPS IMPORTANT INFORMATION—NO FORCE IN FRONT OF M&#x27;DOWELL TO PREVENT HIS COOPERATING WITH M&#x27;CLELLAN—THE SECRETARY OF WAR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN—OUR SPY AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT ANTAGONIZES THE WAR DEPARTMENT BY CRITICISM IN THE PAPERS—IS ARRESTED ON A TECHNICALITY AND SENT A SPECIAL PRISONER TO OLD CAPITOL BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR&#x27;S ORDERS.

31CHAPTER XXVII.: OLD CAPITOL PRISON—BELLE BOYD, THE REBEL SPY, A COMPANION AND FRIEND—A DISGUISED ENGLISH DUKE—INTERESTING SCENES AND EXPERIENCES IN THIS FAMOUS STATE PRISON—PLANNING TO ESCAPE DISGUISED AS A CONTRABAND—RELEASED ON PAROLE BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.

32CHAPTER XXVIII.: FIRED OUT OF OLD CAPITOL PRISON—&quot;DON&#x27;T COME HERE AGAIN!&quot;—MY FRIEND THE JEW SUTLER—OUT IN A NEW RIG—AT THE CANTERBURY THEATRE.

33CHAPTER XXIX.: LIFE AT HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC—SOME STARTLING REVELATIONS AS TO THE &quot;TRUE INWARDNESS,&quot; NOT TO SAY CUSSEDNESS, OF OUR HIGH UNION OFFICIALS—INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE AT HEADQUARTERS—&quot;SIGNALS&quot;—CIPHERS—AGAIN VOLUNTEERING FOR SECRET SERVICE INSIDE THE REBEL ARMY—A REMARKABLE STATEMENT ABOUT BURNSIDE AND HOOKER—INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL MEADE—A NIGHT AT RAPPAHANNOCK INTERVIEWING REBEL PICKETS.

34CHAPTER XXX.: CONSPIRACIES AMONG UNION GENERALS AND NORTHERN POLITICIANS—THE DEFENSE OF THAT UNAPPRECIATED ARMY, THE CAVALRY—HOOKER AND DEAD CAVALRYMEN—STONEMAN&#x27;S CELEBRATED RAID TO RICHMOND TRUTHFULLY DESCRIBED, AND ITS FAILURE TO CAPTURE RICHMOND ACCOUNTED FOR—A CHAPTER ON THE &quot;SECRET SERVICE&quot; NOT REFERRED TO IN OFFICIAL REPORTS OR CURRENT WAR HISTORY.

35CHAPTER XXXI.: FAREWELL TO FREDERICKSBURG—GENERAL PLEASONTON—CAVALRY FIGHTING AT BRANDY AND ALDIE—LOOKING AFTER STUART&#x27;S REBEL CAVALRY—A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS—CHASED BY MOSBY&#x27;S GUERRILLAS—WITH CUSTER IN FREDERICK, MD—THE DAY BEFORE THE BATTLE, FLIRTING WITH THE GIRLS.

36CHAPTER XXXII.: SENT TO FIND GENERAL BUFORD—A HASTY RIDE—THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG—CEMETERY RIDGE—GENERAL DOUBLEDAY—GENERAL HANCOCK—THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE.

37CHAPTER XXXIII.: CLOSING CHAPTER.