Chapter 15:
- General McClellan is called to Washington and placed in command of the armies, after the battle of Bull Run. -- the secret service Department. -- its duties and Responsibilities.
A I am not attempting to write a history of the Civil War, but merely relating, as best I can, the leading incidents connected with my labors in the secret service, I shall not dwell upon the details of the military movements of the war, except as they are necessarily connected with my own movements. It is necessary, however, to make cursory mention of that remarkable chain of circumstances which followed General McClellan's campaign in West Virginia, resulting in entire and unexpected change of circumstances to him, and a consequent enlargement of my own field of operations. Therefore, without pausing to describe the various movements and enterprises in West Virginia during the remainder of the year 1861, or detailing the campaign of the three months volunteers under General Patterson, and their bloodless victory at Harper's Ferry, I will pass )n to other scenes and events which lead directly to the turning-point in my story.