Excerpt from The Boy Spy: A Substantially True Record of Events During the War of the Rebellion; The Only Practical History of War Telegraphers in the Field; A Full Account of the Mysteries of Signalling by Flags, Torches, and Rockets Part of these adventures Were recorded in the press of the country at the time of their occurrence, and more recently, in detached and crude form, in different papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.