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22 Commencement of a new Campaign. Return to Richmond, and Arrest on Suspicion of being a Woman. Imprisonment in Castle Thunder. Kindness to Me of Major J. W. Alexander and his Wife. I refuse to resume the Garments of my Sex. I am released, and placed on Duty in the Secret Service Corps. General Winder, the Chief of the Secret Service Bureau. A remarkable Character. General Winder sends me with blank Despatches to General Van Dorn to try Me. A Member of the North Carolina Home Guards attempts to arrest Me at Charlotte. I resist the Arrest, and am permitted to Proceed. The Despatches delivered to Van Dorn in Safety. My Arrest in Lynchburg. The Rumors that were in Circulation about Me. I am pestered with curious Visitors. A Couple of Ladies deceived by a simple Trick. A comical Interview with an old Lady. She declares herself insulted. An insulting Letter from a general Officer. My indignant Reply, and Offer to fight Him. I obtain my Release, and leave Lynchburg 276

At Charlotte, North Carolina. Arrival of Longstreet's Corps, on its Way to re-enforce Bragg's Army. I obtain Permission for Myself and other Officers to go on the Train Southward. I arrive in Atlanta, Georgia, and receive Letters from several Members of my Family. I learn for the first Time that my Brother is in the Confederate Army. I receive Information of the Officer to whom I am engaged to be mar ried, and whom I have not seen since the Battle of Shiloh. I make an Attempt to reach Him, but am unable to do so. Failing in an En deavor to become attached to General Armstrong's Command, I deter mine to undertake an Expedition through the Lines. Finding a Sup ply of female Garments in a deserted Farm-house, I attire Myself as a Woman. My Uniform hid in an Ash-barrel. An Invasion of the Dairy. I start for the Federal Lines 288

The Duties of Spies. The Necessity for their Employment. The Status of Spies, and the extraordinary Perils they Run. Some Remarks about the Secret Service, and the Necessity for its Improvement. I reach the Federal Lines, and obtain a Pass to go North from General Rosecrans. On my Travels in search of Information. Arrival at Martinsburg, and am put in the Room of a Federal Officer. A Disturbance in the Night. "Who is that Woman?" I make an advantageous Acquain tance. A polite Quartermaster. All about a pretended dead Brother. How Secret Service Agents go about their Work. A Visit to my pretended Brother's Grave, and what I gained by It. I succeed in giving one of Mosby's Pickets an important Bit of Information. The polite Attention of Federal Officers. I return to Chatanooga, and