Military Monday: Spies

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
02 July 1862

A dispatch from Manassas says:--"A lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army, of the name of Nichols, who has not yet resigned his commission, and declares he will not, was today arrested in the garb of a pedlar, going from camp to camp, selling his wares. Col. Pierce held him as a spy, and he is to be dealt with as such."

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Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts)
02 July 1862

A rebel lieut. colonel, named Nicholas, was arrested, on Monday, in Manassas, Va., who was going from camp to camp, selling his wares as a pedler. An old resident of Brentsville says that before the rebellion Nicholas was a lawyer but since then he has been active in raising troops for the confederate army. Col. Pierce will hold him as a spy.

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Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va)
24 December 1862

An important capture was made in Prince William, in the person of a notorious Federal spy by the name of Underwood. A detachment was sent to his mother's house, and search was made for him, for a time without success. The officer in command then suggested the propriety of opening the old lady's wardrobe, but she interposed the most vehement objections. Orders, however must be obeyed, and with as much politeness as possible, the dame was put aside, the wardrobe opened, and there stood Underwood. He was taken into custody, and sent with the other prisoners to Gen. Hampton's camp at Stevensburg, and thence to Gordonsville.