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Book Synopsis Intelligence in the Civil War (Annotated) by : U.S. CIA
Download or read book Intelligence in the Civil War (Annotated) written by U.S. CIA and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederacy’s Secretary of State burned all the intelligence records he could find as federal troops entered Richmond in 1865. Union intelligence records were kept sealed in the National Archives until 1953! Here is a report by the U.S. CIA about intelligence gathering in the American Civil War. Read about the Richmond society woman who ran a spy ring in the Confederate capital. Read about intelligence operations by the Confederates in Europe. Read how freed slaves risked their lives for the Union cause. This short but fascinating compilation of secrets provides a compelling overview of the men and women who spied during America's bloodiest war. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis The Secret Service in the Civil War (Expanded, Annotated) by : Lafayette C. Baker
Download or read book The Secret Service in the Civil War (Expanded, Annotated) written by Lafayette C. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the War Department intelligence chief during the American Civil War, a spy, and a colonel in the cavalry. He was put in charge of the investigation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, was at the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth, and brought away the items in Booth's pockets...including Booth's diary.Lafayette C. Baker's name appears in over 150 New York Times articles between 1861 and 1868. His work was important, well-regarded,and of great interest to the public (at least what could be told publicly). He was in close contact with Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Stanton, and other high officials.When he was accused later of spying on the White House, he was dismissed and set about writing this memoir of his time in service during the Civil War. Conspiracy theories are completely unnecessary to make Lafayette Baker an important and fascinating figure in Civil War history. His writing is intelligent, thrilling, and clearly in earnest. Read him for what he offers to the history of the period and for the associations he had during his life and you'll be more than rewarded for your time.
Download or read book Much Embarrassed written by George Donne and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lucid analysis of Union and Confederate intelligence gathering functions and services . . . a must read for its incisive rendition of the battle of wits.” —Civil War News Before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg—for many, the most significant engagement of the American Civil War—a private battle had been raging for weeks. Whoever could secure accurate information on their opponent would have a decisive advantage once the fighting started. When the Confederate Army and Federal Forces finally met on the morning of 1 July 1863 their understanding of the prevailing situation could not have been more different. While the Rebel Third Corps was expecting to brush away a group of local militia guarding the town, the Federal I Corps was preparing itself for a major battle. For three brutal days, the Rebel Army smashed at the Union troops, without success. The illustrious Confederate General Robert E. Lee would lose a third of his army and the tide of the rebellion would begin its retreat. Much Embarrassed investigates how the Confederate and Union military intelligence systems had been sculpted by the preceding events of the war and how this led to the final outcome of the Gettysburg Campaign. While the success of the Confederate strategy nurtured a fundamental flaw in their appreciation of intelligence, recurrent defeat led the Federal Army to develop one of the most advanced intelligence structures in history. Lee was right to highlight the importance of military intelligence to his failure at Gettysburg, but he would never appreciate that the seeds of his defeat had been sown long before.
Book Synopsis The Secret War for the Union by : Edwin C. Fishel
Download or read book The Secret War for the Union written by Edwin C. Fishel and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A treasure trove for historians . . . A real addition to Civil War history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). At the end of the American Civil War, most of the intelligence records disappeared—remaining hidden for over a century. As a result, little has been understood about the role of espionage and other intelligence sources, from balloonists to signalmen with their telescopes. When, at the National Archives, Edwin C. Fishel discovered long-forgotten documents—the operational files of the Army of the Potomac’s Bureau of Military Information—he had the makings of this, the first book to thoroughly and authentically examine the impact of intelligence on the Civil War, providing a new perspective on this period in history. Drawing on these papers as well as over a thousand pages of reports by General McClellan’s intelligence chief, the detective Allan Pinkerton, and other information, he created an account of the Civil War that “breaks much new ground” (The New York Times). “The former chief intelligence reporter for the National Security Agency brings his professional expertise to bear in this detailed analysis, which makes a notable contribution to Civil War literature as the first major study to present the war’s campaigns from an intelligence perspective. Focusing on intelligence work in the eastern theater, 1861–1863, Fishel plays down the role of individual agents like James Longstreet’s famous ‘scout,’ Henry Harrison, concentrating instead on the increasingly sophisticated development of intelligence systems by both sides. . . . Expertly written, organized and researched.” —Publishers Weekly “Fundamentally changes our picture of the secret service in the Civil War.” —The Washington Post
Book Synopsis Intelligence in the Civil War by : Central Intelligence Agency
Download or read book Intelligence in the Civil War written by Central Intelligence Agency and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though much has been written about the Civil War itself, little has been written about the spy war that went on within. The chronicling of Civil War intelligence activities challenges historians because of the lack of records, the lack of access to records, and the questionable truth of other records. Judah P. Benjamin, the Confederacy's Secretary of State, burned all the intelligence records he could find as federal troops entered Richmond. Union intelligence records were kept sealed in the National Archives until 1953. A few individuals involved in intelligence gathering burned their personal papers while others chose to publish their memoirs, though greatly embellishing their exploits. Even today, the identities of many spies remain secret. Henry Thomas Harrison, for example, was a Confederate spy whose intelligence set in motion the events that produced the battle of Gettysburg. But neither his first name nor details of his long career as a spy were known until 1986, when historian James O. Hall published an article about him. Though the idea of centralized intelligence gathering was decades away, the age-old resistance to the idea was present even then. Neither side saw the need to create such intelligence organizations, but each side approached the idea of effectively acquiring intelligence in their own way. The Confederacy's Signal Corps, devoted primarily to communications and intercepts, included a covert agency, the Secret Service Bureau. This unit ran espionage and counter-espionage operations in the North. Late in the war, the bureau set up a secret headquarters in Canada and sent out operatives on covert missions in Northern states. The Union's Bureau of Military Information, unlike the Confederacy's Secret Service Bureau, operated for specific gener-als rather than for the Union Army itself. But here was born the idea of what would eventually become a centralized military intelligence division. Each side still used age-old intelligence techniques, such as code-breaking, deception, and covert surveil-lance. However, into this modern war came two innovations that would endure as tools of espionage: wire-tapping and overhead reconnaissance. What follows is a look at some of the highlights of how the North and the South gathered and used their information, the important missions, and the personalities. From this special view, the focus is not on the battlefield, but on a battle of wits.
Book Synopsis The Confederate Secret Service by : Harold Mills Jr.
Download or read book The Confederate Secret Service written by Harold Mills Jr. and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is a report on and an analysis of the Confederate Secret Service. Any errors or misinterpretations of referenced sources are strictly those of the author. The author is an experienced intelligence officer, but he also harbors the caution of a typical intelligence analyst and knows that there is always more to know. My interest in this topic stems from both my intelligence career and from research of family history/genealogy which begun in 1983. The genealogy reveals that ancestors served in nearly every conflict starting with the American Revolution. That family military tradition continues in the current generation with two sons who are serving as officers of US Marines.
Book Synopsis Intelligence in the American Civil War by : Thomas Allen
Download or read book Intelligence in the American Civil War written by Thomas Allen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Spies and Spying in the Civil War by : U. S. Army
Download or read book Spies and Spying in the Civil War written by U. S. Army and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique compilation of three documents provides a fascinating look at the role of spies and intelligence in the conduct of the American Civil War. The U.S. Army Military Intelligence History Sourcebook excerpt on the civil war covers many aspects of intelligence in the Civil War, including an illuminating depiction of Confederate espionage activities. The Civil War, like the American Revolution, was an occasion for widespread human intelligence operations, owing to the fact of an identical language and the shared cultural backgrounds of the protagonists. It was an easy matter to conceal allegiances and pass through the familiar countryside. It was also the brink of the modern era of warfare, employing new technologies like railroads, telegraphs, photography and lighter than air ships. This opened new avenues for intelligence exploitation. In the American Civil War the principal intelligence gathering arm of the U.S. Army was the cavalry. Early in the war, however, they could not be said to live up to the present-day motto of the Military Intelligence Corps, "Always Out Front." Rather the cavalry seldom ventured very far from its infantry and artillery support. Its sorties were marked by timidity, and therefore its usefulness as the eyes of the army was hooded. That is until the arrival upon the scene of a "Man on Horseback" - Brig. Gen. John Buford. Intelligence in the Civil War, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), focuses not on the battlefield of the tragic war, but on a battle of wits. Though the idea of centralized intelligence gathering was decades away, the age-old resistance to the idea was present even then. Neither side saw the need to create such intelligence organizations, but each side approached the idea of effectively acquiring intelligence in their own way. The Confederacy's Signal Corps, devoted primarily to communications and intercepts, included a covert agency, the Secret Service Bureau. This unit ran espionage and counter-espionage operations in the North. Late in the war, the bureau set up a secret headquarters in Canada and sent out operatives on covert missions in Northern states. The Union's Bureau of Military Information, unlike the Confederacy's Secret Service Bureau, operated for specific generals rather than for the Union Army itself. But here was born the idea of what would eventually become a centralized military intelligence division. Each side still used age-old intelligence techniques, such as code-breaking, deception, and covert surveillance. However, into this modern war came two innovations that would endure as tools of espionage: wiretapping and overhead reconnaissance. Finally, The Civil War at a Glance - organized yearly with authoritative chronologies - shows the course of the war from Fort Sumter in 1861 to Appomattox Court House and beyond in 1865. It is divided according to the two principal theaters in which the major military operations took place: (1) The Eastern Theater, roughly comprising the area east of the Appalachians in the vicinity of the rival capitals of Washington and Richmond, and (2) the Western Theater, primarily between the western slope of the Appalachians and the Mississippi River.
Book Synopsis Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War by : Donald E. Markle
Download or read book Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War written by Donald E. Markle and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the entire history of Civil War espionage including an extra chapter on espionage after the war ended. The activities and tactics of hundreds of spies are described, including in-depth descriptions of spymasters like Allan Pinkerton, Lafayette Baker, and Generals Dodge, Sharpe and Garfield. The book also examines the role of the negro underground organisationsd and women spies.
Download or read book Intelligence in the Civil War written by and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What follows is a look at some of the highlights of how the North and the South gathered and used their information, the important missions, and the personalities. From this special view, the focus is not on the battlefield, but on a battle of wits"--P. i.
Download or read book Black Dispatches written by P. K. Rose and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the full text of "Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War," by P.K. Rose and published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Notes that Black Dispatches was a common term used among Union military men for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by Negroes. Discusses the contributions of African Americans such as W.H. Ringgold, Mary Touvestre, Robert Smalls, and Harriet Tubman.
Download or read book Civil War Spies written by Robert Grayson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This title takes a close look at the operatives who collected intelligence for the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War, introducing readers to these colorful characters and explaining how they carried out their risky missions."--Publisher's website.
Book Synopsis Intelligence Collection Within the Army of Northern Virginia During the American Civil War by : Bryan J. Schmelzer
Download or read book Intelligence Collection Within the Army of Northern Virginia During the American Civil War written by Bryan J. Schmelzer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the American Civil War, human intelligence (HUMINT) came in from all directions, but without established processes to properly vet it, it was not fully embraced by senior leaders and correspondingly was never utilized to its full potential. The Confederacy in general and General Robert E. Lee in particular, did not find intelligence collection and analysis at large a worthwhile endeavor. That is not say he did not use it at all. In fact, Gen Lee frequently used his cavalry to scout out enemy positions because he considered this type of intelligence necessary for battle. However, he preferred not to engage in other types of intelligence collection such as the use of spies, because he felt it was unreliable and not the way professionals or gentlemen fought. This essay explains how HUMINT was used by the Confederacy during the Civil War, with a focus on how the Army of Northern Virginia utilized intelligence during three storied battles. As this essay will show, intelligence was acquired in a variety of ways during the Civil War. However, this intelligence, outside of scouts, was largely regarded as both unreliable and unprofessional and thus was not incorporated by all Confederate leaders. Had the Confederacy developed a more robust intelligence system, it may have proved its worth and reliability and been more fully embraced by senior leaders"--Abstract.
Book Synopsis A Southern Spy for the Union (Expanded, Annotated) by : George S. Johns
Download or read book A Southern Spy for the Union (Expanded, Annotated) written by George S. Johns and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No intelligence operatives in the Civil War risked more than southern unionists. Born and raised in the South, Philip Henson chose loyalty to the Union over secession. Working primarily for General Grenville Dodge, Henson's accurate reporting and daring missions came to the attention of Ulysses S. Grant.During his daring career, Henson came into contact one too many times with Confederate cavalry general, Nathan Bedford Forrest. He and his wife were both arrested and it seemed certain that Henson would make the acquaintance with a hangman's noose.This remarkable career is told here in detail."A brave, fearless and exceedingly valuable scout."--Edward Hatch, Brev. Maj.-General."He performed services that no other man would."--G. M. Dodge, Major-General."He performed deeds which no other man could have done successfully."--Samuel Gilbert, Late Brig.-General.After the war, Henson was a Special Secret Service Agent with orders from General Grant.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
Book Synopsis Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War (rev. and Expanded Ed. ) by : Donald E. Markle
Download or read book Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War (rev. and Expanded Ed. ) written by Donald E. Markle and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive work covers the entire history of Civil War espionage for both the Union and Confederate armies. This edition includes new photos and drawings of both Union and Confederate spies, and new chapters including: The stories of what happened to many notorious spymasters after the war; New info. about the extensive intelligence gathering done by the civilian population; The development of American political and military intelligence from its origins in the Civil War to the present day. Appendices: All known Civil War spies -- 432 in all; A biblio. of books written by Civil War spies; A glossary of Civil War spy terms. ¿The ultimate guide to understanding Civil War espionage, and the foundation it built for modern-day military intelligence.¿
Download or read book John Wilkes Booth written by Thomas Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of the Lincoln assassination, Thomas A. Jones was 45 years old and had spent the years of the American Civil War working "with zeal" in the Confederate cause in Southern Maryland. He primarily acted as an aid to Confederate spies moving through Charles County and helping the substantial intelligence network by moving mail. By the time that Jones wrote this account of having helped John Wilkes Booth escape, his assessment of Abraham Lincoln had gone through a transformation. As he tells us, the light of reason had been blinded and he now saw Lincoln as a good and great man. This is but one small piece of the drama that changed history. But Jones was there and was part of it. It's an important account that fills in the days between Booth's deed, and his capture and death.
Book Synopsis A Union Spy from Des Moines (Expanded, Annotated) by : William Callender
Download or read book A Union Spy from Des Moines (Expanded, Annotated) written by William Callender and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-20 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union and Confederate spies were daring and intrepid fellows, assured of death if caught by the enemy. William Callender was one of them and spent nearly the entire war behind enemy lines in the South, risking everything to bring intelligence to Union headquarters.His story is incredibly exciting and well-told, while maintaining a becoming modesty. He came close to capture more than once, fought hard, and turned down promotions to remain in the intelligence field.After the war, he displayed a different kind of courage by falling in love with and marrying an African-American woman he met in Alabama. He brought her home to Iowa and they remained together until her death.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
