1st Ed. United States Secret Service in the Late War (1889) Gen. Baker Civil War

J.M. Fish & Company, 1889. Antiquarian first edition cloth bound hardcover of The United States Secret Service in the Late War by Gen. Lafayette Baker.

Illustrated with color and black & white plates.

"84" written to the Preface section perhaps indicates this book's printing number.

Memoirs of General Lafayette C. Baker, the Chief of the National Detective Police (later becoming Secret Service) during the Civil War. He details the organization and clandestine operations of the Union's secret service, counter-espionage, investigating treason, and hunting down Confederate agents. This memoir notably includes details of his involvement in the pursuit and capture of President Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth.

Acceptable. One loose plate that is inserted in place. Tearing and chipping to the foot of the spine. Small tear to the crown of the spine. Covers worn. Binding is creased to page 134, where the loose plate is. Pages crisp and clean. Solid antiquarian reading copy.