But elizabeth wanted to do more than simply minister and comfort the wounded. A unionist, believing in "one nation. . . Indivisible," she needed to do more. When she learned of virginia's secession from the union in 1861, she felt, in the words of one historian, "profoundly betrayed. " she believed that the secessionists did not represent the majority of the citizens of virginia. She was compelled to act in any way she could to help repair a nation torn apart. —the dark game, paul janeczko how does this paragraph develop the central idea that spies in the civil war era were amateurs?.