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1 online resource. |
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Civil War Espionage anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Summary |
As the American Civil War waged across bloody battlefields, a secret war was taking place—one for information and intelligence. Both the Union and Confederate sides utilized spies and created networks of dependable sources. Using sophisticated techniques, spies worked undercover, assumed false identities, shadowed people of interest and used complicated codes and ciphers. Spies risked their lives to provide intelligence and many were arrested, imprisoned and even executed. Information that spies passed along proved invaluable, and, in several cases, changed the course of a battle or foiled an assassination plot. Understand this fascinating and secret world through the images, books and documents in this historical collection. See portraits of famous spies, such as Belle Boyd and Rose O’Neal Greenhow, read letters from suspected sources, messages written in code, an arrest warrant for a suspected spy and memoirs written by spies that give firsthand accounts of their dangerous missions. This Anthology also includes a collection of teaching guides that are aligned with Common Core State Standards for use in classrooms. Learn how spies and spycraft changed the course of the Civil War and, subsequently, the history of the United States. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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TRUE CRIME / General
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General
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