He established spy rings in the South and also infiltrated groups of Southern sympathizers in the North. He used escaped slaves as a resource to gather ...

Allan Pinkerton, a friend of General George B. McClellan before the war, was hired subsequently by General McClellan to set up a secret service agency for the ...

Lincoln later hired Pinkerton agents to conduct espionage against the Confederacy and act as his personal security during the American Civil War. Following the ...

Allan Pinkerton – Private Eye ... Pinkerton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 25, 1819. Pinkerton worked as a barrel maker before immigrating to the United ...

Pinkerton's Detective Agency aspired to set the standard for the field and for what Allan Pinkerton thought of as a most worthy profession. According to many ...

Oct 4, 2023 · In Pinkerton history, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Allan Pinkerton to establish intelligence operations, resulting in the first ...

Dec 1, 2023 · While working as a cooper, Allan Pinkerton became involved in Chartism, a movement for reforms that benefited the working class. As you might ...

Oct 23, 2015 · Allan Pinkerton was a staunch abolitionist and Union man, and during the Civil War, he organized a secret intelligence service for General ...

After the outbreak of the American Civil War later that year, Lincoln appointed Pinkerton as head of the Union Intelligence Service. His agents often worked ...

Tracking down badass Old West outlaws from Kansas to California, Pinkerton not only hunted the most dangerous gunslingers the country has ever seen, but he also ...