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How Our Secret Service Started and Its Civil War Spies
A historical survey traces espionage from ancient to Civil War times, detailing Pinkerton's rise, Lincoln era plots, and the roles of women and scouts. It highlights Miss Van Liew, Mrs. Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Archibald Rowland, and Timothy Webster, plus the North South spy networks and their dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joshua
Salomon
Caleb
Canaan
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Independence Hall
John Allen Pinkerton
Baltimore
United States
S Secret Service
McClellan
Federal Secret Service
Pinkerton
Maj
E. J. Allen
America
Secret Service
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago
Adams Express Company
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Lincoln
Union
Mosby
Young
Confederate States
Europe
Bordeaux
Army of the Potomac
McClellJan
Edward's Ferry
Leesburg
Antietam
Lee
Secret Service Organization
MacClellan
van Liew
Richmond
Greenhow
Jefferson Davis
Bull Run
General McDowell
Beauregard
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Condor
England
Confederacy
Adjutant General's Office
War Department
Army and Navy Journal
Payne
Seward
Surratt
Belle Boyd
South
Virginia
Archie
Rowland
Sheridan
Valley of the Shenandoah
H. H. Young
Ike Harris
Ike
Secret Service Chest
Congress
Archibald H. Rowland, Jr
John Beall
Burley
Maxwell
Potomac
Chesapeake
Beall
Toronto
Canada
Michigan
Johnson Island
Sandusky
Cleveland
Buffalo
Harry Young
Edwards
Bowie
William
Landegan
Philipus
Timothy Webster
Allan Pinkerton