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A Yankee spy in Richmond : the Civil War diary of "Crazy Bet" Van Lew / edited by David D. Ryan.
LIBRA E608.V34 A3 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900--Diaries.
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L.
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
- Women spies.
- Diaries.
- Spies.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.
- United States.
- History.
- Secret service.
- Spies--Virginia--Richmond--Diaries.
- Women spies--Virginia--Richmond--Diaries.
- Richmond (Va.)--History.
- Richmond (Va.).
- Virginia--Richmond.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 166 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 1996.
- Summary:
- Many civilians on both sides during the Civil War hoped to support the war effort as spies, but only a few actually became useful agents. One of the most effective and least known was Elizabeth Van Lew, a woman living in the heart of Confederate Richmond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0811705544
- OCLC:
- 34243678
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