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Civil War Spies







Information is the strongest weapon when it comes to war. Most people look at the Civil War and believe that the Union and Confederacy met in a town and shot at each other. Neither sides had a true Intel network instead they used spies to gather information that could potentially give them the edge. The Confederacy was the first to create this spy network at the capital of the Union, Washington D.C. The Confederacy created spying organizations called "Secret Line" that had operations to hijack the opposing intelligence. One of the most famous Confederate spies would be Belle Boyd. She worked hand and hand with Stonewall Jackson to gather info about the Union. She acted as a messenger for the General by taking weapons and medical supplies from the Union. She was so young at the time (17) that even when she made a mistake and got caught the opposing officers did nothing because they felt she was an innocent teenager. Boyd was basically a celebrity in the south at the time. On the other side Abe Lincoln and the Union recruited a man named Allan Pinkerton. Pinkerton founded his detective agency in Chicago prior to the Civil War. Pinkerton worked with the Union to create a network in Washington D.C. and recruit agents to collect information. He called his agency the '"U.S Secret Service". During the Civil War spies came in all shapes and sizes, they were very underrated but important part of the Civil War in the U.S.

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<span style="background-color: #ffe7af; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Female Spies in Civil War." //<span style="background-color: #ffe7af; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bethel Public Library //<span style="background-color: #ffe7af; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. <http://www.bethellibrary.org/event/female-spies-in-the-civil-war/>