A Vast and Fiendish Plot: The Confederate Attack on New York CityKensington Books, 2010 - Всего страниц: 308 This terrifying scenario almost became a reality following what the New York Herald declared "a vast and fiendish plot." Infuriated by the Union's killing of their beloved General John Hunt Morgan and the burning of the Shenandoah Valley, eight Confederate officers swore revenge. Their method: Greek fire. Their target: Manhattan's commercial district. The daring mission could have changed the course of American history. |
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The Souths Secessionist Sister City | 13 |
A Great Distribution Point for Cotton | 31 |
The Meetings of These Madmen | 53 |
That Which Comes Easy Goes Easy | 73 |
How Sad Is This Life | 89 |
State Governments Will Be Seized | 109 |
The People Have Lost All Confidence in Lincoln | 122 |
New York Is Worth Twenty Richmonds | 149 |
Something Dead in That Valise | 189 |
It Blazed Up Instantly | 207 |
If Convicted They Will Be Executed | 233 |
A Terror for Our Citizens | 253 |
What Happened to the Principal Characters | 272 |
Organize Only in the Territory of the Enemy 137 | 287 |
Selected Bibliography | 293 |
Rebel Agents in Canada | 174 |
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