Part 4

FILE XXXVII

Missionary E. Martin, an agent of the Confederate Treasury Department, arrested, his big tobacco smuggling scheme exposed--Kidnapped him from General Dix's department--Manahan involved 259

FILE XXXVIII

Secretary of War consulted about the extension of our territory to include the district between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers --Robert Loudan, alias Charles Veal, a boat-burner and spy--A kidnapped colored boy 271

FILE XXXIX

The chase after the steamer "Harriet Deford," which was captured by pirates, supposedly to supply a means of escape to Jefferson Davis from the crumbling Confederacy--Captain Fitzhugh 275

FILE XL

Ordered to Northern Neck of Virginia the day before President Lincoln's assassination--Martin Van Buren Morgan's statement, and order for his disposal 281

FILE XLI

I am introduced to General Grant--The assassination--Capture of Samuel B. Arnold, one of the conspirators, sent to Dry Tortugas--Arrested the Bransons and their household, uncovering Paine's pedigree; thereafter he was Lewis Paine Powell--Paine had my parole on his person when arrested--Paine hung 290

FILE XLII

Richmond had fallen--Class of detective work entirely changed-- Counterfeiters--Secretary McCullogh--Go to steamboat of the Leary Line and capture a youthful murderer--Arrest of Mrs. Beverly Tucker 312

FILE XLIII

Camp Carroll rioting--Troops being mustered out 317

FILE XLIV

Indicted for assault with intent to kill, the only clash between the Military and Civil Authorities during General Wallace's administration 322

FILE XLV

Trip to Norfolk and Richmond--Ralph Abercrombie--Miss Elizabeth L. Van Lew 324

FILE XLVI

My muster out--Reëmployment as a civilian--Ordered to Philadelphia-- Twice ordered to Washington with horse-thieves 327

FILE XLVII

Captain Beckwith convicted--Gambling--Order to take Beckwith to Albany penitentiary 331

FILE XLVIII

Trip to Carlisle, Illinois, to unravel a fraudulent claim--John H. Ing 335

FILE XLIX

Brevetted major--Governor Fenton's letter 342

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

H. B. Smith frontispiece after page The Monitor Waxsaw 28 Lieutenant Joseph H. (Joe) Barker 30 The Maples, Laurel, Md. 48 Major General M. W. Lew Wallace 78 John Woolley 82 Ishmael Day 144 Lucius F. Babcock 162 Charles E. Langley 218 Map of Richmond Defences 224 Colonel Harry Gilmor 226 Lewis Paine 256 Samuel B. Arnold 292