Civil War Espionage by Manuel Montalvo Arruel https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm en-us 2018-04-09 15:38:28 UTC 2018-04-10 04:52:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png Civil War Spies and Secret Agents 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249875231 Tactical or battlefield intelligence became very vital to both armies in the field during the American Civil War. Units of spies and scouts reported to their commanders of armies in the field.]]> 2018-04-09 15:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249875231 Leaders of Spy gencies 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249876579 Union spies include Allan Pinkerton's Secret Service. Allan Pinkerton, the founder of his own detective agency in Chicago, had collected intelligence for Union General George B. McClellan during the first months of the Civil War, while McClellan led the Department of Ohio.]]> 2018-04-09 15:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249876579 Purposes 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249877589 Union And Confederate Spies during the American Civil War Spies played an important role in the civil war for both sides, gathering intelligence and scouting opposing troop movements and numbers.]]> 2018-04-09 15:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249877589 First Ever Spy 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249880822 Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.]]> 2018-04-09 15:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249880822 Ciphers and Decoding 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249884616 During the Civil War, spies sent messages in code just in case they were found by the enemy before delivery. But once they got into the right hands, how did they read them? To decode, they would use two things: a Cipher square along with a code breaking sentence.]]> 2018-04-09 15:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249884616 Seduction 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249886524
While women would not technically be considered a spy “tool,” they played as vital a role as any piece of spy technology at the time. Women such as Rose Greenhow, Sarah Slater and sisters Ginnie and Lottie Moon were excellent Civil War spies. Women were not seen as threats, and they could turn to seduction to get what they wanted. 
]]> 2018-04-09 15:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249886524 Air Tactics 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249887481 Both sides used hot air balloons to spy on enemy troops. It marked the first time in U.S. history that balloons were used for military reconnaissance. On Sept. 24, 1861, under orders from the Union army, Thaddeus Lowe successfully alighted at Arlington, Virginia to an altitude of over 1,000 feet and telegraphed intelligence on the Confederate troops encamped three miles away at Falls Church, Virginia. R]]> 2018-04-09 16:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249887481 Land Tactics 99039303 https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249888586 The Military Telegraph Service kept secret information moving during the Civil War. More than 15,000 lines were dedicated solely to the transfer of military intelligence. Additionally, commercial telegraph lines were seized for military use in 1861. ]]> 2018-04-09 16:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/99039303/tt2mk32fxtfm/wish/249888586