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Montreal : city of secrets : Confederate operations in Montreal during the American Civil War / Barry Sheehy ; images arranged by Cindy Wallace.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheehy, Barry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- History.
- Confederate States of America--History, Military.
- Confederate States of America.
- Montréal (Québec)--History--19th century.
- Montréal (Québec).
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal : Baraka Books, [2017]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Montreal and the Confederacy p. 19
- Hub of Confederate Secret Service Activity p. 19
- Confederate Operations Mounted out of Canada p. 21
- Chapter 2 Confederate Montreal 1861-1865 p. 29
- Turning Point - The Trent Crisis p. 36
- Drama on the High Seas p. 38
- The Evolution of the Confederate Secret Service in Canada p. 43
- 1864: The Confederacy Shifts Strategy p. 51
- Complementary and Conflicting Agendas p. 65
- Confederate Secret Service Fades Away p. 67
- Chapter 3 Confederate Couriers p. 71
- A Hall of Mirrors p. 79
- Separating Slater from Brown p. 82
- St. Lawrence Hall and St. Catharines p. 83
- Chapter 4 American Power Comes to Montreal p. 93
- Powerbrokers p. 96
- Politicians p. 97
- No Questions Asked p. 102
- Into the Ether p. 102
- Chapter 5 Trading with the Enemy p. 107
- Lincoln and Patronage p. 109
- A Faustian Bargain p. 110
- The Frenzy in Montreal p. 112
- Brokers, Agents and Speculators p. 116
- How Much Cotton? p. 118
- Chapter 6 Montreal, Halifax, Matamoros, and New York p. 121
- New York's Dirty Little Secret p. 122
- Halifax, New York, and the Montreal Connection p. 124
- Matamoros and New York p. 126
- Chapter 7 The Hidden Hand - John Wilkes Booth in Montreal p. 129
- Kidnapping the President p. 133
- A "Secesh" Town p. 137
- The Names Surrounding Booth p. 138
- The Mysterious Sarah Slater p. 140
- American Politicians and Newspaper Men p. 141
- Double-Carom p. 142
- The Hidden Hand p. 144
- Chapter 8 Leaks, Anomalies, and Questions p. 147
- Overlooked Footnote in History p. 152
- Perjury the Norm? p. 154
- Dunham and the Secretary of War p. 155
- John Surratt and Sarah Slater p. 157
- Links and Linkages p. 159
- Stanton's Detectives in Montreal p. 161
- Unanswered Questions p. 163
- Chapter 9 The British Players and Their Stories p. 165
- Lieutenant Colonel Garnet Wolseley Visits Robert E. Lee p. 165
- Lt. Colonel A.E. Clark-Kennedy and the Great March Across Canada p. 168
- British Captains L.G. Phillips and E. Wynne at the Battle of Fredericksburg p. 170
- Chapter 10 St. Albans Raid p. 177
- Legal Dream Team p. 181
- Chapter 11 Jefferson Davis in Montreal p. 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781771861236
- 1771861231
- OCLC:
- 985075285
- Publisher Number:
- 99973904158
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