Confederate Black Ops: The Untold Story of the Confederate Clandestine Services

Most of what we know regarding the Civil War even today pertains to either famous battles - Antietam Gettysburg or Averasboro - or famous people - Stuart Mosby Grant or Lee. However many stories remain untold; shrouded in mystery. This book is an attempt to shed light on the enormous contribution of one such mysterious entity which in innovative ways fought to preserve the constitutional rights of its fellow Southern citizens. This was the Confederate Secret Service Bureau and Signal Corps. Though special operation units and clandestine operations have become the rage the world over they are nothing new to American history. Long before there were any special operations units such as the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) Ranger Battalions Jedburgh Detachments or Office of Strategic Services (OSS) there existed a special operations branch which encapsulated the Confederate Secret Service Secret Navy and Special and Detached Services and Signal Corps. These three comprised the covert fighting ability of the Confederacy. Of all the other special operations entities that were created to establish a better state of the peace that had previously existed none other made such a massive contribution to the war effort. This is what this book hopes to acknowledge and elaborate on....See More