How does a 21-year-old Union spy get out of the Confederate capital and back to Washington to report rebel movements? That's the question that Joe Kerbey had to ponder over and over as he risked his life and liberty in Richmond. Without specific orders, with only his expert knowledge of telegraphy and ciphers, he devised a number of ways to get information back to Union lines and save his skin. But his only way out of the rebel capital was—as a rebel soldier. In this wry, amusing, and exciting true story, Kerbey tells of his fear, missteps, and close calls over ten months behind Confederate lines. Along the way he tumbled head over heels in lust with a Southern belle and made fast friends with some of his rebel comrades.