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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Kentucky (search)
s sufficiently strong to protect the field artillery, and enable it to command the approaches; these works were strengthened and increased during the latter part of September, in consequence of a somewhat curious incident. A young woman named Miss Burton, who was gifted with true military instinct, played the part of the Confederate spy in Corinth. The Federals had intercepted one of her letters, in which she indicated the north-western side of the town as the weak point in the Federal defence, giving with remarkable precision all the information necessary for attacking it. This letter, carefully resealed, was forwarded to its destination, after which Miss Burton was closely watched, so as to prevent her supplying the enemy with any further intelligence, while the Federals worked without intermission to fortify the weak points she had so cleverly discovered. It was on this side that Van Dorn determined to make the attack; he not only expected to find the place illy defended, but f