Confederate Spies at Large : The Lives of Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell

The Lives of Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell

By: John Stewart

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Paperback | 1 December 2006

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219 Pages

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This is the story of two Confederate spies, Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell. Harbin, among the most wanted of all Confederate agents, was also one of the leaders in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln. It was Harbin who left a getaway horse for Booth outside Ford's Theatre, and Harbin who helped Booth escape across the Potomac. For a time there was a big price on Harbin's head, but he was never arrested. Tradition holds that he went into hiding, but this book demonstrates that he was again openly in D.C. as early as 1866. The other half of this book presents a new Confederate spy: Harbin's step-cousin Charlie Russell, a man who never talked nor left a paper trail. It was only while the author was conducting genealogical research into the Russell family of Clarksville, Virginia, that he stumbled across Russell's activities during the Civil War. Here the author presents a welter of evidence to suggest that Russell, too, played a part in the dramatic history of Confederate espionage.

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"strongly recommended"-Midwest Book Review; "exciting"-The Lone Star.

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