"IF YOU ARE AROUND HERE WHEN WE BEGIN THE JOB,YOU WILL FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THAT."

The Boy Spy

A SUBSTANTIALLY TRUE RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE DURING THE WAR
OF THE REBELLION. A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF EVENTS
WITNESSED BY A SOLDIER ATTACHED TO
HEADQUARTERS

THE ONLY PRACTICAL HISTORY OF WAR TELEGRAPHERS IN THE FIELD—A
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE MYSTERIES OF SIGNALING BY FLAGS,
TORCHES, AND ROCKETS—THRILLING SCENES OF
BATTLES, CAPTURES AND ESCAPES

BY

MAJOR J. O. KERBEY

CHICAGO.
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
407-429 Dearborn St.

COPYRIGHT BY

J. O. Kerbey.

1887-88-89-90.

PREFACE.

The following unpretending narrative of some of the actualexperiences of a boy in the War of the Rebellion is fraternallydedicated to my comrades of the G. A. R.

Part of these adventures were recorded in the press of thecountry at the time of their occurrence, and more recently, indetached and crude form, in different papers.

Through the kindly interest of many friends, and especiallythat of my relative and comrade, Col. J. H. Madden, of Danville,Illinois, the revised and collated Story is now offered to the publicand corrected from the original notes and MSS.

Yours in F. C. & L.,

The Author.

CONTENTS.

[Transcriber's Note: Chapter XVIII was duplicated in the text. The Tableof Contents has been changed to reflect the chapter numbers given in the text.]