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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aTowne, Stephen E.,
_d1961-
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245 1 0 _aSurveillance and spies in the Civil War :
_bexposing Confederate conspiracies in America's heartland /
_cStephen E. Towne.
260 _aAthens :
_bOhio University Press,
_c(c)2015.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 430 pages).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aOhio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
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505 0 0 _aIntroduction: the secret history of the Civil War in the north --
_t"Secret secessionism in our midst": the failure of civilian investigations in the old northwest, 1861-62 --
_tInvestigating desertion and disloyalty: Henry B. Carrington and the Knights of the Golden Circle in Indiana, 1862-63 --
_t"They are doing us an immense amount of good": the rise of army intelligence operations in the old northwest in 1863 --
_tAn odious system of espionage: the intelligence network created by the Enrollment Act, 1863 --
_tWatching "Mr. Jones": army surveillance of Clement L. Vallandigham, the Ohio gubernatorial election of 1863, and plots to release Confederate POWs in the fall of 1863 --
_t"It is impossible to doubt this": army intelligence in the Northern Department in early 1864 --
_t"What I say about secret dangers is well considered and based on fact": how Rosecrans's detectives infiltrated the secret organizations in early 1864 --
_t"When government determines to act": how Carrington's detectives infiltrated the secret organizations in 1864 --
_t"I feel provoked beyond measure at the indifference of the president": convincing Lincoln of the danger of insurrection, summer 1864 --
_tA "narrow escape from a Civil War": the triumph of military intelligence in august 1864 --
_t"I make no assertions without proof": preserving the northwest in the fall of 1864 --
_tPostscript: the evidence of conspiracy.
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650 0 _aSpies
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSpies
_zConfederate States of America.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=941126&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell