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A Spy for the Union

- The Life and Execution of Timothy Webster
Af: Corey Recko Engelsk Paperback

A Spy for the Union

- The Life and Execution of Timothy Webster
Af: Corey Recko Engelsk Paperback
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Timothy Webster, best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the Civil War, began his career as a New York City policeman. In the mid-1850s he left the police department and took a job for Allan Pinkerton with his newly formed detective agency. As an operative for Pinkerton''s agency, Webster excelled. His cases included tracking a world famous forger, investigating grave robberies in a Chicago cemetery, and seeking to uncover a plot to destroy the Rock Island Bridge. It was also as a Pinkerton detective that Webster made his greatest contribution to his country when he was part of a small group of operatives that uncovered a plot to assassinate then President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Webster went on to serve the United States as a spy in the Civil War. He traveled to the Confederate Capital multiple times and made many connections high up in the Confederate military and government. For a time he was the Union''s top spy, but his career came to an abrupt end when, in 1862, he was betrayed by fellow spies and became the first spy executed in the Civil War.

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Timothy Webster, best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the Civil War, began his career as a New York City policeman. In the mid-1850s he left the police department and took a job for Allan Pinkerton with his newly formed detective agency. As an operative for Pinkerton''s agency, Webster excelled. His cases included tracking a world famous forger, investigating grave robberies in a Chicago cemetery, and seeking to uncover a plot to destroy the Rock Island Bridge. It was also as a Pinkerton detective that Webster made his greatest contribution to his country when he was part of a small group of operatives that uncovered a plot to assassinate then President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Webster went on to serve the United States as a spy in the Civil War. He traveled to the Confederate Capital multiple times and made many connections high up in the Confederate military and government. For a time he was the Union''s top spy, but his career came to an abrupt end when, in 1862, he was betrayed by fellow spies and became the first spy executed in the Civil War.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786474905
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0786474904
Kategori: USA: Exploration and Expansion
Udg. Dato: 20 sep 2013
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato: 20 sep 2013
Forfatter(e): Corey Recko
Forfatter(e) Corey Recko

Kategori USA: Exploration and Expansion

ISBN-13 9780786474905

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 11mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 20 sep 2013

Oplagsdato 20 sep 2013

Forlag McFarland & Co Inc