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THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE IN THE LATE WAR
THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE IN THE LATE WAR.
We are glad present to you a very amazing peace of
history about American History. Originally
published in 1890 by
Dreyer Brooks Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO. THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE IN THE LATE WAR.
COMPRISING THE AUTHOR S INTRODUCTION TO THE LEADING MEN AT WASHINGTON, WITH THE
ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION OF THE United States Secret Service Bureau, AND A
GRAPHIC HISTORY OF RICH AND EXCITING EXPERIENCES, NORTH AND SOUTH.
PERILOUS ADVENTURES, HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES, AND VALUABLE SERVICES OF THE DETECTIVE
POLICE. By GENERAL LA FAYETTE C. BAKER.
ORGANIZER AND FIRST CHIEF OF THE
National Secret Service Bureau of the United States, Etc. EMBELLISHED WITH A
PROFUSE GALAXY OF MAGNIFICENT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY,
ENGRAVED ON STEEL, WOOD AND STONE BY OUR SPECIAL, CORPS OF ARTISTS INCLUDING F,
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The binding is nice & tight with
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of The corners are slightly bumped and worn. The pages are bright with light
toning from age and have some scattered foxing throughout which is common for
such an old volume. The Book is an original 1890 edition.
It measures approx. 9 1/2" tall by 6 1/2" wide. Inside the book front &
rear hinges are broken but still firmly attached and holding. Both inside
hinges have black tape on it. One plate is almost loose and is in poor
condition. The rest of the plate are in great shape. Wonderful
398 pages with Chromolithograph plates in color and plates in sepia tones. The book covers the history of our
Secret Service. The book has sixteen
chrome color full page plates and nine steel block litho full page
plates. Hard
Red Covers with gild decorations and gold title letters. Red tape on spine.
Decorated end pages. HISTORY: CIVIL WAR: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN. QUESTIONABLE DEATH OF LA FAYETTE C. BAKER. Book is in fair to poor
condition. The pictures are a part of the description. The
pictures are on the bottom of the page.
Lafayette C. Baker
BAKER, Lafayette C. chief of the United States secret service, born in
Stafford, Genesee County, New York, 13 October 1826; died in Philadelphia, 2
July 1868. His grandfather, Remember Baker, was one of Ethan Allen's captains.
Baker's father inherited the curious baptismal name of the Green Mountain Boy,
as well as his adventurous spirit, and in 1839 removed to Michigan and settled
where Lansing, the capital, now stands. Young Baker took part in the work of
making a home ill the wilderness, but in 1848 went to New York and
Philadelphia, and in 1853 to San Francisco, in each of these cities working as
a mechanic. When the lawless element became dominant in San Francisco in 1856,
Mr. Baker joined the vigilance committee and took an active part in the
summary proceedings that restored order in the city. He went to New York on
business in 1861, expecting to return at once, but the civil war intervened,
and he went to Washington and offered his services. At the suggestion of
General Hiram Walbridge, of New York, he was introduced to General Scott, and,
as a result of the interview, he started on foot for Richmond, where, in spite
of arrest, imprisonment and several interviews with Jefferson Davis, while
under suspension as a spy, he succeeded in collecting much information and
returning to Washington after an absence of three weeks. This was but the
first of a series of adventures involving high executive ability and a
wonderful talent for tracing conspiracy and frustrating the designs of
confederate spies and agents. As soon as his abilities were demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the government, he was placed at the head of the bureau of
secret service, with almost unlimited resources at his command, and in
February 1862, the bureau was transferred to the war department. Mr. Baker was
commissioned colonel, and subsequently Brigadier-General. His duties naturally
made him enemies in influential quarters, and charges of a serious nature were
several times preferred against him, but were never substantiated. U.S.
Investigator and Spy. He was the organizer and first chief of the National
Secret Service Bureau of the United States. Book details his "Rich and
Exciting Experiences, North and South, Perilous Adventures, Hair breath
Escapes and Valuable services of the Detective Police." Baker's
investigative efforts led to the capture of John Wilkes Booth and he received
a share of the reward offered for the apprehension of the President's killer.
It was never satisfactorily resolved if Baker died of meningitis (as reported)
or if he was systematically poisoned (as was learned when his body was
exhumed) before he could implicate Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton in the
death of President Lincoln. When President Lincoln was assassinated,
Colonel Baker organized the pursuit of the murderer, and was present at his
capture and death. His agents effected the capture of the other participants
in the plot. General Baker published a "History of the United States
Secret Service" (Philadelphia, 1868), which is necessarily
semi-biographical, and touches authoritatively many disputed passages in the
secret history of the civil war.
PREFACE.
In giving to the public this volume, it has been the
design to present the operations of the Bureau of the Nation al Detective
Police during the war, so far as it is proper to make them known to the
people. It is not a book of roman tic adventures, but a narrative of facts in
the secret history of the conflict, and mainly an exposure of the manifold and
gigantic frauds and crimes of both the openly disloyal and the professed
friends of the Republic. Many reports are introduced, some of which are
lengthy, and portions of them are dry, because they are the official records
of the work done, and the verification of the statements made, and the highest
vindication of the character and importance of the secret service. Passages
occur in them, the propriety of which many readers may question, but their
omission would have weakened the strength of the reports, and softened down
the enormity of the offenses charged upon certain individuals. The whole
volume might have been made up of chapters very similar to those of the first
hundred pages or more, but we preferred to sacrifice the peculiar interest, to
some extent, of a merely sensational work sketches of exciting scenes and
hair-breadth escapes for the greater object of an authentic official record of
the vast amount of indispensable service rendered to the Government, during
nearly four years of bloody strife, with the months of trial and agitation
which followed. The plan of the book was, therefore, chosen by the responsible
head of the bureau, while the introductory chapters were written by another,
whose, editoral aid was secured in the general preparation of the annals for
the press. No desire or effort has been cherished to wantonly expose or wound
in feeling any man, and therefore initials, for the most part, alone appear ;
but a faithful history of transactions under the authority delegated to the
Bureau, will unavoidably reach the sensibilities of persons of distinction, no
less than those in humble life. The volume of war records, the most of which
have never before met the public eye, is offered to the people as a part of
the veritable history of the most extraordinary and perilous times the
Republic has known, or is likely to pass through again.
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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
GENERAL BAKER AND THE BUREAU OF SECRET SERVICE. The
Ancestry and Birth-place of General Baker - His Early Life - Residence in California
- Is a Member of the Vigilance Committee - Returns to New York in 1861 - Visits
Washington - Interview with General Scott - Enters the Secret Service - The Great
Facts established and illustrated by these Annals
CHAPTER I.
ORIGIN OF THE BUREAU OF DETECTIVE SERVICE. The first visit to
Washington - Interview with General Hiram Walbridge, and Hon. W. D. Kelley - Introduction to General Winfield Scott
- Return to New York - Appointed by General
Scott to renew the Attempt to visit Richmond - The first Failure - Crossing the
Lines - The Arrest - Examinations - Sent to General Beauregard - On to Richmond
CHAPTER II.
RESIDENCE IN RICHMOND. Summoned to an interview with Jeff. Davis - Subsequent Examinations by him
- Critical Emergencies - Mr. Brock - "Samuel
Munson " - Confidence secured - Mr. "Munson " is appointed
Confederate Agent - Original Letters from Davis, Toombs, and Walker - Starts for the
North - Unpleasant Delays - A Narrow Escape - Reaches the Potomac - Deceives the Dutch
Fishermen and runs the Rebel Gauntlet safely
CHAPTER III.
NORTHERN EXPERIENCES AS CONFEDERATE AGENT. Hospitalities by the
way - The Report to General Scott - Operations in Baltimore - The Janus-faced
Unionist - A rich Development in Philadelphia - The Arrests - Amusing Prison Scene
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CHAPTER IV.
TREASON AND TRAITORS AT THE NORTH. Baltimore - The Detective
Service and the Arrest of the Maryland Legislature - The Refugee and the Spy - The
Pursuit and the Capture - Traitors at Niagara Falls - Acquaintance with them - The
Arrest - In Fort Lafayette
CHAPTER V.
A KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN SQUARE. P. H. F., alias Carlisle Murray, a
Knight of the Golden Square - The Arrest - Release - Papers of F. examined - Secretary
Seward's Order for a Second Arrest - On the Track - The Rural Retreat - Mr. Carlisle
Murray a Reformer and Lover - The Official Writ - The Astonished Landlord and
Landlady - A Scene Report
CHAPTER VI.
DISLOYALTY AMONG THE POSTMASTERS. A Mystery - The Result of Cabinet
Meetings in Washington known in Richmond - The Detectives learn the Reason - A Visit
to Lower Maryland - Amusing Scenes - The Mysterious Box - The Reports - A Rebel Letter
CHAPTER VII.
FRAUDS DISLOYALTY IN MARYLAND. The Freighted Traveler - Treason
and Frauds overlooked in the Rising Storm of Rebellion - The Bankers - The Pretty
Smuggler - Reliable Character of the Detective Bureau - Disloyalty, and its
Punishments in Lower Maryland - The Friends of Hon. Montgomery Blair and the
Quinine Traffic - "Chunook " Telegrams
CHAPTER VIII.
OFFICIAL SERVICES AND EMBARRASSMENTS NEW ORDER OF THINGS. The
Bureau transferred to the War Department - Dr. H., and the Perilous Adventure of
which he was the occasion - Report of the Case - Arrest of the Leaders of a great
secret Southern Organization - Documents and Letters
CHAPTER IX.
THE BUREAU IN CANADA IN THE ARMY. Tricks of False Correspondence - Mr. Delisle and the "Secret Secession Legation"
CHAPTER X.
WEALTHY TRAITORS FRUITLESS SCHEMES. John H. Waring - His Operations -
An Efficient Tool - Walter Bowie - A Wild Career - Rebel Mail - Contrabands - Extracts
from the Private Journals of Rebel Spies
CHAPTER XI.
SLAVERY PLAYING REBEL GENERAL FIRST DISTRICT CAVALRY. The
Hostages - Mr. Lincoln - Deceiving the Rebels - A successful Game - Organization of the
First District Cavalry - Its Services
CHAPTER XII.
FIRST DISTRICT CAVALRY. Leaving Camp again - "Wilson s Raid"
- Battles - The Escape of Kautz - The End of Regimental Service
CHAPTER XIII.
THE ANIMUS OF SECESSION. A Disloyal Pastor and his Friends
compelled to "do justly" - The "Peculiar Institution" Dies
Hard - Man-Stealers Foiled in their Schemes of Robbery
CHAPTER XIV.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH THE SOUTH NEGRO-HATE IN WASHINGTON. An
English Emissary of the South He Deceives the Secretary of State My Acquaintance
with Him The Fruitless Effort to Betray Me The Journey to the Old Capitol
Prison Negro-hate in the National Capital
CHAPTER XV.
GIGANTIC VICES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Gambling and the Gamblers
The Purpose to Break up the Dens Discouraged The Midnight Raid Results Drinking
and Liquor Saloons The Deecent upon them Broken up Licentiousness and its
Patrons The Raid on their haunts at Dead of Night The Arrests
CHAPTER XVI.
A PERILOUS ADVENTURE. Pope s Defeat Banks Advance The Importance
of communicating wit" him The Successful Attempt Rebel Pursuers The Escape
CHAPTER XVII.
SPECULATION AND FRAUD. Devices of Contractors Detection of
Forage Contractor Appeal to the President Further Frauds as "Silent
Partner"
CHAPTER XVIII.
A FEMALE ADVENTURER. Woman in the Rebellion Her Aid
indispensable in the worst as well as the best Causes-A Spicy Letter Miss A. J.
Vidocq's Experience
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BOUNTY JUMPERS. Fraudulent Practices of Bounty Brokers and
Jumpers-Contrast between English and American Deserters Plans to check
Desertion, and bring Criminals to Justice
CHAPTER XX.
THE BOUNTY JUMPERS AND BROKERS. Quotas filled with Falsified
Enlistment-Papers Arrest of Brokers Amusing and Exciting Scene The Hoboken Raid
Slanderous Charges Large Number of Arrests Incarceration in Fort Lafayette Other
Arrests- Trial before a Military Commission
CHAPTER XXI.
BOUNTY JUMPING INCIDENTS. Personal Experience in Bounty Jumping
A Perfect Trump Detectives En listed Passes obtained for Bounty Jumpers Arrest
and Surprise Court- Martial and Conviction
CHAPTER XXII.
BOUNTY JUMPERS IN ORGANIZED BANDS. Gipsy-like Bounty Jumpers
Wholesale Bounty Jumping carried on adroitly by a Gang of Operators Opposition
from a Canadian Gang Thirty-two Thousand Dollars in as many Days Frauds in
Drafting An Old Man put in as a Substitute A Boy Decoyed His Adventures A Mother
of Thirteen Children Unavailing Efforts of a Mother in search of her Idiotic Son
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY. Aafaasinations Eglon, King of Moab
Caesar, Emperor of Rome James I. of England Marat, the French Revolutionary
Leader Alexander of Russia Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ASSASSINS CAPTURED. Excitement around my Headquarters at
Washington The Chief Conspirator A Graphic Narrative of his Arrest His Burial
Desire for Relics from bin Body Hanging of the Conspirators
CHAPTER XXV.
THE DETECTIVE POLICE AND THE ARREST OF TUB ASSASSINS. Personal
Relations to President Lincoln His Kindness and Confidence My Order to Pursue
the Conspirators Results Statements of Subordinates and Others
CHAPTER XXVI.
LETTERS ON THE ASSASSINATION. Jacob Thompson Volunteer
Suggestions respecting the Assassin s Hiding- Places before his Death, and the
Disposal of his Remains afterward Threats of more Assassinations A Mysterious
Letter J. H. Suratt
CHAPTER XXVII.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF WIRZ. My Connection with the Imprisonment
of Wirz and Jeff Davis Vigilance in Guarding the Prisoner Mrs. Wirz visits her
Husband He desires a Call The Interview Attempted Suicide
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
STEEL PLATE OF GEN. BAKER, - FRONTISPIECE.
CHROMATIC PLATES. DETECTIVE WORK AROUND THE BALTIMORE DEPOT. " HERE
IS A
DESERTER, CAPTAIN ! " " LET ME SEE YOUR TICKET ! " " HE WAS
HERE ASKED TO TAKE A DRINK." - COLONEL BAKER SPYING AROUND RICHMOND. " I
GUESS YOU ARE MISTAKEN, SIR, MY NAME IS MUNSON. " - WITH A CRY OF DISTRESS,
HE STAGGERED AND FELL. THE COFFIN CONTAINED FIFTY-SIX SHARP'S RIFLES. " IS
IT POSSIBLE THAT MEN CAN BE FOUND TO DESECRATE THE RESTING PLACE OF THE DEAD?
" - THE MADDEST MAN IN ALL MARYLAND. TAKE THE BABY; WHAT IN H - I, DO WE WANT
OF THE BABY?" - THE POOR WOMAN SEEKING HER BOY. " WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH MY POOR CON? " - FLIGHT OF BOOTH AND HAROLD - THE TRAGEDY AT GARRETT'S,
J. WILKES BOOTH. SERGEANT BOSTON CORBETT. CONGER SEES BOOTH IN THE BURNING BARN.
BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN, BROUGHT TO BAY.
COLORED PLATES. COL.
BAKER'S INTERVIEW WITH JEFF. DAVIS - RECEIVING RELIGIOUS TRACTS FROM BELLE BOYD
IN THE REBEL STOCKADE AT MANASSAS JUNCTION - CAPTURE OF A REBEL CONGRESSMAN ON
SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT NIAGARA FALLS - CAPTURE OF A REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER. DEATH OF
A REBEL SPY - REBEL CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOYAL CAUSE - CAPTURE OF A CORRESPONDENT
OF THE LONDON TIMES - COL. BAKER CARRYING DISPATCHES TO GENERAL BANKS - CAPTURE OF
BOUNTY JUMPERS AT HOBOKEN - BOOTH AND HAROLD CROSSING THE POTOMAC - PLANNING THE
CAPTURE OF BOOTH - DEATH OF J. WILKES BOOTH, THE CHIEF CONSPIRATOR - SECRET BURIAL
OF BOOTH - EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSINS - INQUEST HELD UPON THE BODY OF BOOTH - GEN.
BAKER FOILS WIRZ'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. tcg_rare
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DEDICATION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
To the People of this Great Nation, And more especially TO THE BRAVE BOYS
IN BLUE AND THEIR HEROIC LEADERS, Who so Gallantly and Valorously bore our
Country Through the Pestilential Ordeal of Secession and the Great Civil War,
And who lifted the dark pall of Slavery from our National Escutcheon,
restoring, with new lustre, A BRIGHTNESS THAT CAN NEVER AGAIN BE SHADOWED,
This Volume of True and Stirring Narrative is Earnestly, Affectionately and
Patriotically Dedicated by their Humble and Devoted Servant, LA FAYETTE C.
BAKER,
LATE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL SECRET SERVICE BUREAU.
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