Tag: Confederate Army
Confederate dirty laundry: spies and slaves
The Civil War was a spy’s dream come true. With a porous border between the Union and the Confederacy, and little way to distinguish between friend and foe, spies were everywhere. Both sides used ciphers. Both tapped telegraph wires. Stories of aristocratic schmoozing abound so much that James Bond would be jealous of all the [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on February 11, 2011, under - Civil War, - Spies and Espionage.
Tags: civil war, Confederate Army, Dabney, General Joseph Hooker, Richard, spies, Union Army
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