"Military intelligence operations for the Army of the Potomac" Topic

"In recent years, there has been much attention paid to the formal (and informal) intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Union army during the Civil War, including during the Gettysburg Campaign. Edward Fishel pioneered the cadre of recent authors who have explored this subject. Thomas Ryan further refined Fishel's work with an excellent book on spies, scouts, and secrets during the Gettysburg Campaign. Now, along comes Lt. Col. (ret.) Peter G. Tsouras, a long-time military analyst for various U. S. government agencies. Written with the skilled hand of a career soldier and analyst, Tsouras focuses his attention on Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War in a lengthy but fascinating new book from Casemate.

George Henry Sharpe did not start out as a military man or as a spymaster. Born in Ulster County, New York, in 1828, Sharpe graduated from Rutgers and was a practicing attorney before the Civil War. He spent more than a year in Austria working for the U. S. State Department in the early 1850s, giving him exposure to international politics. When the war erupted, Sharpe received a commission as a captain in the 20th New York State Militia (the "Ulster Guards")…"
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