Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation Gail Carson Levine Even before the Confederacy’s secession

Even before the Confederacy’s secession

As the failures of the new Afghanistan became clear

of a loyal friend

Grant brokered a grand bargain: the installation of Republican Hayes to the presidency

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Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation Gail Carson Levine Even before the Confederacy’s secessionLincoln's Spies is the riveting story of four Union agents and their secret battles. They were the famed detective Allan Pinkerton, who failed as General George McClellan's spymaster; the ruthless Lafayette Baker, who ran counterintelligence operations in Washington; the erudite Colonel George Sharpe, who oversaw groundbreaking espionage for Ulysses S. Grant; and the brave Virginia heiress Elizabeth Van Lew, who operated a successful spy ring in