This is the story of two Confederate spies, Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell. Harbin, who played a key role in the Lincoln assassination and was one of several agents who helped John Wilkes Booth escape, was among the most wanted of all Confederate agents. Less well-known was Harbin's step cousin Russell. A respected wagon manufacturer after the war, Russell left scant evidence of his true past as a Confederate spy. Here, the author presents for the first time conclusive evidence that Russell was a Confederate spy, and he ...
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This is the story of two Confederate spies, Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell. Harbin, who played a key role in the Lincoln assassination and was one of several agents who helped John Wilkes Booth escape, was among the most wanted of all Confederate agents. Less well-known was Harbin's step cousin Russell. A respected wagon manufacturer after the war, Russell left scant evidence of his true past as a Confederate spy. Here, the author presents for the first time conclusive evidence that Russell was a Confederate spy, and he covers in detail Harbin's under-publicized career as a Southern agent.
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