CONTENTS CASUS BELLI Spying from on High The Not-So-United States CHAPTERS CH 1 Civilian and Professional Spies CH 2 Turning to Technology CH 3 Women Get into Spying CH 4 Super-Spy Highs and Lows AT WAR’S END One Country Again COVERT OPS Ironclad Intelligence Crazy Bet’s Cipher Key North of the Border Newsboys Make News Sam Stayed Silent Rose Greenhow’s Sad End Civil War Timeline Glossary Selected Bibliography Websites Index 7 8 10 18 26 34 42 9 15 23 29 37 43 44 46 47 47 48
On a sunny day in May 1862 Thaddeus Lowe looked down on the Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia seven miles 11 3 km away from a hot-air balloon he had built himself The bal loon known as Intrepid was attached to long ropes held by strong men on the ground to keep it from floating away The aeronaut observed the fortifi cations built around Richmond and the movements of soldiers assigned to protect the city He took notes and sketched a map Suddenly he saw a puff of white smoke and heard a loud bang The Confederates were trying to shoot him down If Lowe were captured he might face hanging as a spy He shout ed to his ground crew who frantically began to pull on the ropes while Lowe released gas from the balloon A second cannon blast sailed by the balloon as it descended and set down It had been a narrow escape for a Union master spy SPYING FROM ON HIGH
