"The Famous Alan Pinkerton" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2020 3:58 p.m. PST |
"As in any conflict the two most important requirements of any opponents are intelligence of the enemy and communication within its own forces. As the war escalated, the need for up to date information regarding Governmental decisions and Military movement were crucial for both Armies. Rumour control was in overdrive. Misinformation, disinformation, exaggeration, part truths and fairy stories were being passed around deliberately to confuse and disrupt both Armies' information gatherers and spies…"
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| alan in canberra | 07 Dec 2020 4:06 p.m. PST |
From my reading of the period many of the exaggerations and fairy stories originated with Pinkerton's agents. They did not serve McClellan well during the Peninsula campaign. |
 ColCampbell  | 08 Dec 2020 8:08 a.m. PST |
That is true. The exaggerated reports of Confederate troop strengths came from Pinkerton's agents. Jim |
| Tango01 | 08 Dec 2020 12:18 p.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 09 Dec 2020 9:50 a.m. PST |
He did save Lincoln from being assassinated in Baltimore on his way to his inauguration, though. |
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