Publisher's Synopsis
- This exciting first-hand account of war correspondent Henry Wing meeting General Grant in the Wilderness and his true adventures behind enemy lines to get a message to President Lincoln. Memoir by Henry E Wing.
- Early life of Henry Wing. Excerpt by Ida M Tarbell.
- Henry Wing arrives as the new Methodist minister in Fairfield, Iowa, and succeeds in uniting the two split Methodist churches. Introduction by Rory Goff.
A proslavery man turned Underground Railroad operator, and now a wounded Civil War veteran turned war correspondent, Henry E.Wing volunteers to cross enemy lines to carry a crucial message from General U. S. Grant to President Abraham Lincoln during the bleak days of the Wilderness Campaign. After thrilling adventures-including capture by Confederates and almost being hanged as a spy by War Secretary Stanton-Henry meets Lincoln and his cabinet at night. The moving climax comes when Herny gives President Lincoln the personal message from General Grant.
Henry Wing later becomes a Methodist minister and is sent to Fairfield, Iowa, where he reunites a congregation split over slavery and builds a magnificent new church in 1877.
