<p>Hired by the Confederate government in Richmond when it was already in its death throes, Sarah Slater was the perfect agent for a courier between Richmond and the Confederate outpost in Montreal, Canada. &nbsp;Beautiful of face, curvaceous in form, spunky, flirtatious, and fluent in French she was the ideal candidate for a role that saw women often better suited for courier.&nbsp; Male agents faced hanging, women far less punishment.&nbsp; An additional benefit of her French fluency, she could claim protection as a Canadian citizen during casual interrogation.&nbsp; On her third and final trip to Canada in April of 1865 as Richmond lay in ashes, Sarah disappeared in New York.&nbsp; The messages for the Montreal office and the Confederate gold she was supposedly carrying also vanished.&nbsp; That mystery has fascinated historians for over 150 years.&nbsp; The Mystery of Sarah Slater&hellip;solved?</p>