Midnight on the Potomac page 2 by ric gustafson
On a borrowed grey mare, Thomas Nelson Conrad crossed the Navy Yard Bridge. After evading the guards on the bridge, Conrad rode north on 11th Street. Then Conrad headed northwest on Virginia Avenue. Then Conrad stopped at 17th and D Street. Conrad stopped the mare at the entrance to the Van Ness Mansion.
Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the mansion had a secret. The mansion was a hub in the Confederate spy network in Washington DC. It was a safe house for Confederate spies. The mansion was only 3 blocks from the White House and the War Department.
Conrad, in disguise, was able to get the information he needed from the nearby Union army camp. Then he quietly rode out of the nation's capitol.
research help: ' Midnight on the Potomac' by Scott Ellsworth
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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