Spying In The Civil War Spying in the civil war. Agents for the Blue and the Gray . Too many peoplemight be hurt. Nevertheless, a great deal of data is available from a http://www.civilwarhome.com/spies.htm
Extractions: Spying in the Civil War Agents for the Blue and the Gray . . . In an era of hydrogen bombs, guided missiles, and germ warfare, the subject may have an Arcadian sound, the ring of a simpler, more romantic time. But in that respect, as in others, the conflict of North and South was a paradox, a combination of paradoxes. That war of over one hundred and thirty years ago produced the nation's first mass armies, and a brutality and mechanized slaughter that shocked the sensibilities of the day. It had aircraft-balloons that floated over the lines-submarines, ironclad warships, automatic guns, trenches, a military draft-and the first organized espionage that the country ever knew. On both sides the spying involved treachery, filching of official secrets, the skillful seduction of loyalty. This war between Americans probably saw more espionage, involving more people, than any in our history. It has been called the first of the modem conflicts; it was also the last of the romantic ones. In its spying, the generation that thrilled in admiration of Sir Walter Scott usually observed "rules" of knightly, or at least gentlemanly, conduct. Had that not been true, had Northern and Southern leaders not played Ivanhoe on endless occasions, scores of undercover agents would never have survived to tell their stories.
Women In The Civil War: Five Nurses From St. Lawrence County Women in the civil war A Women of Courage profile, produced by the St.Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women. http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/nurses.htm
Extractions: The following is a Woman of Courage profile written and produced by the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women. If war is a test of a nations civil, military and spiritual strength, then civil war - neighbor against neighbor and brother against brother - it the ultimate test of a peoples character. The American Civil War (1861-65) tore at the roots of our political and social fabric. During the War Between the States women played a number of roles. Women from the North and the South organized at home to provide much need support for their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons far from home in the field. Local Ladies Aid Societies knitted socks, rolled bandages, sewed clothing, sent bedding and towels and food. They wrote letters, kept the family farm or local store going, and held the family together as news from the front slowly trickled in. Some women, not content to stay at home, disguised themselves as men and enlisted in both the Union and Confederate armies. Of the 400 or so known women who enlisted and served in the ranks, many were not found out until they were wounded or became ill or were killed in battle. Some women served as spies, trading vital military information or taking messages across enemy lines. The devastating carnage on the battlefields of the war presented other opportunities for women to serve during the war. A few women served as doctors. The best known of these is probably
Steven Vincent On Iraq And Civil War National Review Online Aside from the word murderous (is there another kind of civil war? of thesepeople in the discussion about the potential for harb ahlea civil war? http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/vincent200403260845.asp
Extractions: By Steven Vincent KIRKUK Financial Times FT also printed a chart registering military fatalities to date (671), although more edifying statistics might have included Iraq's daily oil production (2.5 million barrels, nearly at the pre-war level of 2.8 million), electricity generation (4,200 megawatts, just short of the prewar level of 4,500), or the 200 neighborhood and tribal councils created by the CPA. But that would contradict the negative assessments of the war favored by the press. What really captured my attention, however, was an accompanying article headlined, "A year after the invasion the spectre of murderous civil war still hangs over Iraq" . Aside from the word "murderous" (is there another kind of civil war?), I was surprised by the FT FT 's piece ignored Iraqis who maintain a tenacious optimism about the future and are working in countless ways, large and small, to defeat the forces seeking to tear their nation apart. Where are the voices of these people in the discussion about the potential for harb ahlea Take, for instance, Kirkuk, where a multiethnic population of 700,000 is a microcosm of Iraq as a whole. In the one-story headquarters of the
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