Following up on a quick look at Union spies, here is Belle Boyd a spy for the Confederacy. She was captured on suspicion of spying three separate times and died after the war in Wisconsin Dells, WI. More at Wikipedia.
Tag: civil war
Pinkerton the spy – Spy image of the week
A pretty widely reproduced picture of Lincoln with Allan Pinkerton. Pinkerton is well known for his founding of the Pinkerton Detectives, but he was also a crucial part of the Union military as head of the Union Intelligence Division. He's also one of the few civilian members of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame. More …
Guarding Long Bridge, DC – Spy Image of the Week
A great Civil War spy image off of Wikipedia “01/01/1863 - Long Bridge, Lincoln's Time. Washington, D.C. Union troops guarding a bridge over the Potomac River to Virginia to prevent infiltration by Confederate spies.”