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  American Civil War spies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most useful military intelligence of the American Civil War was probably provided to Union officers by slaves and smugglers.
In November 1863, Sam Davis was sentenced to death by the Union for spying at Pulaski, Tennessee.
Lafayette C. Baker was the chief of War Department detectives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Civil_War_spies   (336 words)

  
 Espionage - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Britain a foreign spy would face up to 14 years imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act while a Briton who spied for a foreign country would face a maximum life sentence for treason if it could be proved they were aiding Britain's enemies.
The Cold War involved intense espionage activity between the United States of America and its allies and the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China and their allies, particularly related to nuclear weapons secrets.
Spies have also engaged in assassination and kidnap of people who are considered threats to their country, for example, the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad kidnapped Mordechai Vanunu after he began publicly discussing Israel's nuclear program.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Spying   (749 words)

  
 Women in the Civil War
When the Civil War came along, many ladies were not content to sit home and make bandages, or set up fund-raisers for the cause, or even nurse the sick and wounded in hospitals.
Spy networks were primarily made up of men, employed by the government to do official work.
Though the women of the Civil War are best remembered for their colorful hoop skirts, tenderness at the bedside, holding up the homefront, and sitting on the porches of illustrious plantations, very few ever consider the spy, the soldier, or the vivandier.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/3622/women.html   (1073 words)

  
 Civil War Spies
Before the Civil War the last spymaster was General George Washington, during the American Revolution.
At the beginning of the war Thomas N. Conrad was living in the Union capital of Washington D.C. as headmaster of Georgetown College.
After the war she returned to her career as an actress, later married, and after her career as an actress saw its waning she became a dressmaker's assistant and charwoman.
www.angelfire.com /mo/rdthng1/page3.html   (2620 words)

  
 American Civil War spies: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There were, however, conventional spies (spies: espionage is the practice of obtaining secrets (spying) from rivals or enemies for...
Major William Norris was the head of the Confederate Signal Bureau, a secret spy network that extended as far north as Montreal (Montreal: A city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world).
James Bulloch from Georgia (Georgia: A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) was the Confederate agent in Britain (Britain: A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/american_civil_war_spies   (640 words)

  
 Civil War, Underground Railroad, Slavery, Emancipation Links
Digital History and the American Civil War - These projects represent the work of six teams of students at the University of Virginia in HIUS 403 "Digital History and the American Civil War." The projects are fully developed web sites on a topic of importance for the Valley Project.
Known as a turning point in our great Civil War, the battlefield is preserved by the National Park Service as a symbol of America's struggle to survive as a nation, and as a lasting memorial to the armies and the soldiers who served in that great conflict.
American Civil War: The Army of Virginia and The Army of the Potomac
www.sussexcountyettc.org /links_civil_war.htm   (6997 words)

  
 American Civil War Research Site for Maps Battles Timeline
The war does not go well for the South, and when the North's cannons destroy the city, George is horrified.
It is a story of the brutality of war and the kindness that takes place in the middle of such horrors.
Whether you refer to it as the Late Unpleasantness, The War for Southern Freedom, or any of the other names that Civil War 101 lists for it, this mid-nineteenth -century conflict has spawned all manner of myth and facts you didn't learn in high school.
www.americancivilwar.com /civil.html   (768 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Civil War Spies: Good Intell Knows No Gender
The Civil War had just as great an impact on the lives of American women in the 19th century.
After her return to Martinsburg, Boyd continued to spy openly for the Confederates and served also as a courier and scout with Maj. John S. Mosby's guerrillas.
After the war, she wrote an account of her life as a spy and also became an actress.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Feb2001/n02272001_200102274.html   (934 words)

  
 Civil War
This is a first-hand account of a U.S. Civil War Union soldier written to family and friends, with photos of the actual letters.
The students are to draw an event, symbol, person, or place which depicts slavery during the Civil War as a piece of a freedom quilt.
The purpose of this unit is to provide a frame for the students to use in evaluating both points of view in the Civil War.
www.42explore2.com /civilwar.htm   (1257 words)

  
 Civil War Encyclopedia and American Civil War Dictionary of Civil War Facts and Civil War Trivia
In the United States of America, the American Civil War was fought from 1861-1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the "Union," the "north," or the "Yankees," and the seceding Southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the "Confederacy," the "south," or the "rebels."
Although the war was also known in the South as The War Between the States, The War of Northern Aggression, The War of Southern Independence, Mr.
According to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving Union veteran of the conflict, Albert Woolson, died on August 2, 1956 at the age of 109, and the last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died on March 16, 1958 at the age of 112.
homworkersnews.freeservers.com   (2148 words)

  
 The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With the advent of the fighting, she spent the early years of the war assisting with the care and feeding of the massive numbers of slaves who had fled to Union-controlled areas.
No discussion of intelligence activities by fl Americans during the Civil War would be complete without mention of a popular story about a fl couple who provided intelligence on Confederate troop movements to the Union during the fighting around Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1863.
War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/dispatches/dispatch.html   (4076 words)

  
 Civil War Herald WebQuest
War Between the States I - causes of the war - if you are in a classroom or lab, you may want to mute the volume.
Secession and Civil War - the effect of Lincoln's election on the nation.
Newspaper articles about daily life, trade, activities, etc. before and during the war from Augusta, VA and Franklin, PA Civil War Women and the Home Front - what the war was like from the point of view of those who stayed at home.
www.coollessons.org /civilwarpaper.htm   (1781 words)

  
 4th & 5th Grade US History Sources - Civil War
Poetry and Music of the Civil War Be sure to click on the music icon to listen while you read the lyrics.
Civil War Maps understand what the generals saw when they planned.
Civil War Songs midi and verses of some of the songs of the era
www.geocities.com /EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/civwar.html   (528 words)

  
 UNT Department of History: Civil War Web Resources
Using the military records of individual soldiers as the building block, the database provides the educator, researcher, and historian with a first-of-its-kind resource for the study and teaching of the Civil War.
The Army Official Records of the Civil War, is available from Guild Press of Indiana.
Despite his prominent role in the American Civil War, Meade is one of the most overlooked military leaders of that tragic era.
www.hist.unt.edu /web_resources_mil/am_civil_war1.htm   (1981 words)

  
 USCWC -- Causes, Chronologies, Diplomacy/Foreign Involvement, Draft, and Espionage
Causes of the Civil War: A North Georgia Perspective
Civil War Divides the U.S. Compromise of 1850
Liverpool and Birkenhead and the American Civil War
www.cwc.lsu.edu /cwc/links/links9.htm   (248 words)

  
 Not Just a man's war
You are a young woman in 1862 who has only recently left your girlhood home to join the war effort for your side in the Civil War or War Between the States.
American Life Histories, over 2,900 documents in the form of narratives, dialogues, reports and case histories from the Federal Writers' Project, 1939-1940.
Decide which two team members will pretend to be a Civil War woman writing to a relative or friend and which two will pretend to be the woman's at home relative writing back to her.
score.rims.k12.ca.us /activity/manswar   (3122 words)

  
 Civil War Weapons & Technology
Wars and conflicts of the U.S. Navy: Civil War
Civil War - Confederacy - Women Spies - You can find more on women who spied for the Confederacy (as well as the union) by checking out my section on Civil War Women.
After checking out Civil War Medicine, you will be glad you live in the 20th century.
www.teacheroz.com /Civil_War_Weapons.htm   (397 words)

  
 Wars & world history - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library
Choose a Civil War battle and find out who was in command, other names for the battle, and a brief outline of exactly what happened.
This site includes an overview, definitions of common Civil War medical terms, Civil War dentistry, and medical information on generals, plus information on surgery and surgeons and several primary source documents from medical personnel.
Discover the history of Vietnam, the war, the Tet Offensive, marine, army, air force operations, and who allied forces were.
www.multcolib.org /homework/warwldhc.html   (4097 words)

  
 American Civil War spies - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The most useful military intelligence of the American Civil War, was probably provided to the Union officers by slaves and contrabands.
James Bulloch from Georgia, was the Confederate agent in Britain.
In November 1863, Sam Davis, was sentenced to death by the Union for spying at Pulaski, Tennesee.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/American_Civil_War_spies   (250 words)

  
 The U.S. Civil War
The Civil War was one of the most devastating events in American History.
Follow the American Civil War, from its causes to its conclusion.
After the Civil War, the U.S. Government tried to rebuild the South.
www.socialstudiesforkids.com /subjects/civilwar.htm   (248 words)

  
 Sarah Emma Edmonds Biography Page
Emma Edmonds was one of approximately 400 women who succeeded in enlisting in the army (either Union or Confederate) during the Civil War.
She studied all she could find on weapons, tactics, local geography and military personalities and when interviewed for the position, Private Thompson so impressed the staff that the position was his (hers).
In honor of her duty and devotion to her country she is the only female member of the organization formed after the Civil War by Union veterans-The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
www.civilwarhome.com /edmondsbio.htm   (1516 words)

  
 Spies in Disguise: Female Civil War Spies
Spies are important sources of information in any war and the best ones are people you would never suspect.
Throughout history, women have been spies and the American Civil War was no exception.
Your task is to prepare an editorial news story detailing the life of one female Civil War spy and explaining why they have been inducted into a fictional American Women's Hall of Fame.
www.lincolnparkboe.org /WebQuests/civilwar_spies.htm   (449 words)

  
 NMCWM Research
The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War is a multi-volume set originally published after the war detailing surgical cases and diseases.
For information on the diseases and drugs of the Civil War, the best sources are the books Outlines of the Chief Camp Diseases of the United States Armies and A Primer of Civil War Medicine: Non Surgical Medical Practices During the Civil War.
During the Civil War, hundreds of hospitals were established in cities and towns in both the North and the South.
www.civilwarmed.org /research.cfm   (5004 words)

  
 The Dabneys—Black Civil War Spies
Extracted from Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War by Donald E. Markle (pp.
While Negro husband and wife spy teams were rare there is one account of such a team that is worth noting, if for no other reasons than the ingenuity involved.
As long as the two armies lay watching each other on opposite banks of the stream, Dabney, with his clothes-line telegraph, continued to be one of the most prompt and reliable of General Hooker’s scouts.
www.duboislc.net /read/Dabneys.html   (894 words)

  
 Civil War American History Timeline Battle Map Pictures
Hailed as a documentary masterpiece without parallel, Ken Burns' filmed chronicle of America's most terrible and destructive conflict will hold you in thrall as it portrays the strategies and action of the war's famous battles, and tells the stories of illustrious generals and ordinary field soldiers, politicians and rogues, heroes and a beleaguered President.
Winner of two Emmy Awards, the series begins by looking at the fateful causes of the war that led to the firing on Fort Sumter, to the devastating battles of Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg, climaxing with Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln.
As reporters for the Philadelphia Gazette, students interview soldiers, spies, loyalists, statesmen and townsfolk, gathering facts about seven major historical events like the Boston Tea Party and the writing of The Declaration of Independence.
www.americancivilwar.com   (422 words)

  
 Technology Integration
The American Civil War is a topic that some Americans find fascinating and exciting on its own, so no added attractions are needed to encourage further learning.
During the American Civil War, women as well as men played significant roles as soldiers, spies, and healers.
This article addresses the fact that women not only were spies during the American Civil War, but were good spies.
www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~elispaff/curriculum.html   (1552 words)

  
 Kids Links to the American Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
African- American participation in the Civil War, the work of abolitionists, and the challenges facing free fls at the end of the war are all addressed.
Rich details of the war and living conditions in the Union camps fill these letters from Newton Scott to his future wife, Hannah Cone and to his parents.
Journey back to the Civil War to observe Mathew Brady, the first photographer to tell the story of a war with photojournalism.
www.wc4.org /civil_war.htm   (546 words)

  
 Civil War Potpourri Page
Just a little something to show that the Medal of Honor given during the Civil War was not the same as those given today.
After the Proclamation it was a war not only to preserve the Union, but a crusade to free the slaves.
This combined with the Civil War Military Telegraph Service (located elsewhere on this page) will give a clear idea of how most of the communications were accomplished.
www.civilwarhome.com /potpourr.htm   (1780 words)

  
 The Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Causes of the Civil War: John Brown's Raid
Reflections on the Causes of the Civil War:
American Civil War All States Map of Battles
www.members.aol.com /TeacherNet/civilwar.html   (713 words)

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