“So, having seen the papers delivered to Washburn, and while staying in the Memphis hotel on the lieutenant’s generosity, I decided to slip out one night and pay a visit to the Confederate spy residing not too far away from the hotel so as to complete the second half of my mission.
“In a very short time, I made it to the address given me and knocked on the door. The agent answered, and he proved to look almost exactly as he had been described to me. I uttered the password and he then eagerly drew me inside and inquired as to the purpose of my visit. I gave him the information to be delivered to General Forrest, and he explained it would be delivered to him at once.
“During the course of our conversation, he learned about the young and adoring Yankee lieutenant and asked if I would attemp
