Louis P. Stone letter
Content Description
This collection contains a letter from Louis P. Stone (1843-1903) to Colonel Tracy describing his exploits as a U.S. Secret Service operative and requesting payment for his services. Stone was a U.S. Secret Service operative during the first two years of the Civil War. The "Secret Service," before officially inaugurated as the investigative branch of the Treasury Department in 1865, was the unofficial name for the intelligence services in the Union Army. The letter contains Stone's account of being taken prisoner by Gen. Floid [John B. Floyd] on October 15th, 1861, one hundred miles within enemy lines while on a secret expedition for Gen. Rosencrans. He escaped from Richmond on February 22nd, 1862. He also speaks of the hunt for Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Cross Keys and of being captured again and held in Lynchburg, Va. Stone was a druggist in Cincinnati before the war, and went on to own a hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Acquisition Type
Purchase
Provenance
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, 9 April 2024.
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: May 3, 1863
Creator
- Stone, Louis P., 1843-1903 (Person)
Extent
.04 Cubic Feet (1 legal folder)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation. (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ )
Inventory
1 letter