John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry, from View of Confederate Spy Logbook

October 16,1858-I just received all the information about my mission to spy on John Brown. Brown's plan was to establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains were they would assist slaves and attack slaveholders. He had the men and the money to proceed but one of Brown's followers told about the plan, witch is why I'm here. Brown was forced into hiding so my orders are to find him and track his every move so that the Confederate army can stop him.
January 30,1859-Through months of research I found that Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800, he settled in over four states, he fathered twenty children. Brown filled for bankruptcy in his early forties. …