Allan Pinkerton

Spy of the Rebellion: Civil War Espionage, and the Plot to Kill President-elect Lincoln Allan Pinkerton

Detective Allan Pinkerton headed the Union secret service during the first part of the Civil War. This is his firsthand account, detailing the operations of his spies operating in Confederate territory, as they foiled a plot to kill President-Elect Lincoln before he took office, broke up Rebel spy rings in Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, and obtained information on the Confederate military, including its secret submarine tests.