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I am fortunate indeed to live near the Wisconsin Historical Society, whose librarians, staff, and excellent archives I have come to rely upon in my work. Of the many resources I consulted, the following proved especially instructive: George W. Bagby,
Selections from the Miscellaneous Writings of Dr. George W. Bagby
, Volume 1 (Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1884); John Minor Botts,
The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure
(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866); Sallie A. Brock,
Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation
(New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1867); Benjamin F. Butler,
Private and Official Correspondence of General Benjamin F. Butler
(Norwood, MA: The Plimpton Press, 1917); Joan E. Cashin,
First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War
(Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006); Federico Fernandez Cavada,
Libby Life: Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, Va., 1863-64
(Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864); Ruth Ann Coski,
The White House of the Confederacy: A Pictorial Tour
(Richmond, VA: The Museum of the Confederacy, 2012); Alfred Ely,
Journal of Alfred Ely, a Prisoner of War in Richmond
(New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1862); Ernest B. Furgurson,
Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996); Nelson Lankford,
Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital
(New York: Viking, 2002); David B. Parker,
A Chautauqua Boy in ’61 and Afterward: Reminiscences by David B. Parker, Second Lieutenant, Seventy-Second New York, Detailed Superintendent of the Mails of the Army of the Potomac, United States Marshal, District of Virginia Chief Post Office Inspector
(Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1912); Allan Pinkerton,
The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion
(New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1883); David D. Ryan, ed.,
A Yankee Spy in Richmond: The Civil War Diary of “Crazy Bet” Van Lew
(Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1996); United States Sanitary Commission,
Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers While Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities
(Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864); Elizabeth R. Varon,
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2003); H. Donald Winkler,
Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War
(Naperville, IL: Cumberland House, 2010); and C. Vann Woodward, ed.,
Mary Chesnut’s Civil War
(New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981).

Most of all, I thank my husband, Marty, and my sons, Nicholas and Michael, for their enduring love, tireless support, and inspiring faith in me. You make everything worthwhile, and I could not have written this book without you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer Chiaverini is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker
and the Elm Creek Quilts series. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin.