In 1861, it was reprinted in New York City with the title A Key to the Disunion Conspiracy. A Confederate edition was published in Richmond in 1862. A fantastic pre Civil War work that, like few others, correctly leans into the Great Rebellion that ensued shortly after this was released; The Partisan Leader; A Tale of The Future is a political novel by the antebellum Virginia author and jurist Nathaniel Beverley Tucker.