Montreal : city of secrets : Confederate operations in Montreal during the American Civil War /
Presents the history of Montreal, the city, which hosted the Confederacy's largest foreign secret service base during the American Civil War
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Montréal :
Baraka Books,
[2017]
Montréal : [2017] |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Montreal and the Confederacy
- Hub of Confederate Secret Service Activity
- Confederate Operations Mounted out of Canada
- ch. 2 Confederate Montreal 1861-1865
- Turning Point
- The Trent Crisis
- Drama on the High Seas
- The Evolution of the Confederate Secret Service in Canada
- The Beginning
- 1864: The Confederacy Shifts Strategy
- Complementary and Conflicting Agendas
- Confederate Secret Service Fades Away
- ch. 3 Confederate Couriers
- A Hall of Mirrors
- Separating Slater from Brown
- St. Lawrence Hall and St. Catharines
- ch. 4 American Power Comes to Montreal
- Powerbrokers
- Politicians
- No Questions Asked
- Into the Ether
- ch. 5 Trading with the Enemy
- Lincoln and Patronage
- A Faustian Bargain
- The Frenzy in Montreal
- Brokers, Agents and Speculators
- How Much Cotton?
- ch. 6 Montreal, Halifax, Matamoros, and New York
- New York's Dirty Little Secret
- Halifax, New York, and the Montreal Connection
- Matamoros and New York
- ch. 7 The Hidden Hand
- John Wilkes Booth in Montreal
- Kidnapping the President
- A "Secesh" Town
- The Names Surrounding Booth
- The Mysterious Sarah Slater
- American Politicians and Newspaper Men
- Double-Carom
- The Hidden Hand
- ch. 8 Leaks, Anomalies, and Questions
- Overlooked Footnote in History
- Perjury the Norm?
- Dunham and the Secretary of War
- John Surratt and Sarah Slater
- Links and Linkages
- Stanton's Detectives in Montreal
- Unanswered Questions
- ch. 9 The British Players and Their Stories
- Lieutenant Colonel Garnet Wolseley Visits Robert E. Lee
- Lt. Colonel A.E. Clark-Kennedy and the Great March Across Canada
- British Captains L.G. Phillips and E. Wynne at the Battle of Fredericksburg
- ch. 10 St. Albans Raid
- Legal Dream Team
- ch. 11 Jefferson Davis in Montreal
- Appendix A Characters in Montreal: Ten months in Montreal from June 1864 to April 1865
- Appendix B Thomas Barnett's Museum Visitors' Book Listings, June-November 1864
- Appendix C Jacob Thompson Reports to Judah Benjamin
- Appendix D Blockade Runners with Ties to Montreal
- Appendix E Cotton Pass Signed by A. Lincoln
- Appendix F Map of Confederate Montreal Sites
- 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