Lincoln s Spies

Lincoln s Spies
Author: Douglas Waller
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781501126871

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This major addition to the history of the Civil War is a “fast-paced, fact-rich account” (The Wall Street Journal) offering a detailed look at President Abraham Lincoln’s use of clandestine services and the secret battles waged by Union spies and agents to save the nation—filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue. Veteran CIA correspondent Douglas Waller delivers a riveting account of the heroes and misfits who carried out a shadow war of espionage and covert operations behind the Confederate battlefields. Lincoln’s Spies follows four agents from the North—three men and one woman—who informed Lincoln’s generals on the enemy positions for crucial battles and busted up clandestine Rebel networks. Famed detective Allan Pinkerton mounted a successful covert operation to slip Lincoln through Baltimore before his inauguration after he learns of an assassination attempt from his agents working undercover as Confederate soldiers. But he proved less than competent as General George McClellan’s spymaster, delivering faulty intelligence reports that overestimated Confederate strength. George Sharpe, an erudite New York lawyer, succeeded Pinkerton as spymaster for the Union’s Army of the Potomac. Sharpe deployed secret agents throughout the South, planted misinformation with Robert E. Lee’s army, and outpaced anything the enemy could field. Elizabeth Van Lew, a Virginia heiress who hated slavery and disapproved of secession, was one of Sharpe’s most successful agents. She ran a Union spy ring in Richmond out of her mansion with dozens of agents feeding her military and political secrets that she funneled to General Ulysses S. Grant as his army closed in on the Confederate capital. Van Lew became one of the unsung heroes of history. Lafayette Baker was a handsome Union officer with a controversial past, whose agents clashed with Pinkerton’s operatives. He assembled a retinue of disreputable spies, thieves, and prostitutes to root out traitors in Washington, DC. But he failed at his most important mission: uncovering the threat to Lincoln from John Wilkes Booth and his gang. Behind these operatives was Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, who was an avid consumer of intelligence and a ruthless aficionado of clandestine warfare, willing to take whatever chances necessary to win the war. Lincoln’s Spies is a “meticulous chronicle of all facets of Lincoln’s war effort” (Kirkus Reviews) and an excellent choice for those wanting “a cracking good tale” (Publishers Weekly) of espionage in the Civil War.

Lincoln s Flying Spies

Lincoln s Flying Spies
Author: Gail Jarrow
Publsiher: Calkins Creek Books
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781590787199

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Discusses a corps of balloonists led by Thaddeus Lowe during the Civil War who spied on the Confederate Army.

Lincoln s Spymaster

Lincoln s Spymaster
Author: David Hepburn Milton
Publsiher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811700151

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Chronicles the events surrounding the diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe during the American Civil War.

Lincoln s Spies

Lincoln s Spies
Author: Douglas Waller
Publsiher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781501126857

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This major addition to the history of the Civil War is a “fast-paced, fact-rich account” (The Wall Street Journal) offering a detailed look at President Abraham Lincoln’s use of clandestine services and the secret battles waged by Union spies and agents to save the nation—filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue. Veteran CIA correspondent Douglas Waller delivers a riveting account of the heroes and misfits who carried out a shadow war of espionage and covert operations behind the Confederate battlefields. Lincoln’s Spies follows four agents from the North—three men and one woman—who informed Lincoln’s generals on the enemy positions for crucial battles and busted up clandestine Rebel networks. Famed detective Allan Pinkerton mounted a successful covert operation to slip Lincoln through Baltimore before his inauguration after he learns of an assassination attempt from his agents working undercover as Confederate soldiers. But he proved less than competent as General George McClellan’s spymaster, delivering faulty intelligence reports that overestimated Confederate strength. George Sharpe, an erudite New York lawyer, succeeded Pinkerton as spymaster for the Union’s Army of the Potomac. Sharpe deployed secret agents throughout the South, planted misinformation with Robert E. Lee’s army, and outpaced anything the enemy could field. Elizabeth Van Lew, a Virginia heiress who hated slavery and disapproved of secession, was one of Sharpe’s most successful agents. She ran a Union spy ring in Richmond out of her mansion with dozens of agents feeding her military and political secrets that she funneled to General Ulysses S. Grant as his army closed in on the Confederate capital. Van Lew became one of the unsung heroes of history. Lafayette Baker was a handsome Union officer with a controversial past, whose agents clashed with Pinkerton’s operatives. He assembled a retinue of disreputable spies, thieves, and prostitutes to root out traitors in Washington, DC. But he failed at his most important mission: uncovering the threat to Lincoln from John Wilkes Booth and his gang. Behind these operatives was Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, who was an avid consumer of intelligence and a ruthless aficionado of clandestine warfare, willing to take whatever chances necessary to win the war. Lincoln’s Spies is a “meticulous chronicle of all facets of Lincoln’s war effort” (Kirkus Reviews) and an excellent choice for those wanting “a cracking good tale” (Publishers Weekly) of espionage in the Civil War.

President Lincoln s Spy

President Lincoln s Spy
Author: Steven Wilson
Publsiher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758225148

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Forced to redeem himself after humiliating his commanding officer, Captain Fitz Dunaway must work as a spy to uncover a plot to assassinate President Lincoln, a mission that takes him to the gas-lit alleyways where he finds himself embraced by traitors. Original.

Confederate Spies at Large

Confederate Spies at Large
Author: John Stewart
Publsiher: McFarland
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: UOM:39015066827976

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"This is the story of two Confederate spies, Tom Harbin and Charlie Russell. It was Harbin who left a getaway horse for Booth, and Harbin who helped Booth escape across the Potomac. The other half of this book presents a new Confederate spy: Tom Harbin's step-cousin Charlie Russell"--Provided by publisher.

Civil War Spies

Civil War Spies
Author: Michael E. Goodman
Publsiher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1628322039

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A historical account of espionage during the American Civil War, including famous spies such as Elizabeth Van Lew, covert missions, and technologies that influenced the course of the conflict.

Lincoln s Jewish Spy

Lincoln s Jewish Spy
Author: E. Lawrence Abel
Publsiher: McFarland
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-08-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781476639833

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Born into a Sephardic Jewish immigrant family, Dr. Issachar Zacharie was the preeminent foot doctor for the American political elite before and during the Civil War. An expert in pain management, Zacharie treated the likes of Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, General George McClelland and most notably, President Abraham Lincoln. As Zacharie's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln deepened, the President began to entrust the doctor with political missions. Throughout Lincoln's presidency, Zacharie traveled to southern cities like New Orleans and Richmond in efforts to ally with some of the Confederacy's most influential Jewish citizens. This biography explores Dr. Zacharie's life, from his birth in Chatham, England, through his medical practice, espionage career and eventual political campaigning for President Lincoln.