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James Dunwoody Bulloch (June 25, 1823 – January 7, 1901) was the Confederacy's chief foreign agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War.Based in Liverpool, he operated blockade runners and commerce raiders that provided the Confederacy with its only source of hard currency.
Timothy Webster (March 12, 1822 – April 29, 1862) was a British-born American lawman and soldier. He served as a Pinkerton agent and Union spy, and was the first spy in the American Civil War to be executed.
Tactical or battlefield intelligence became vital to both sides in the field during the American Civil War.Units of spies and scouts reported directly to the commanders of armies in the field, providing details on troop movements and strengths.
The violation of British neutral rights triggered an uproar in Britain. Britain sent 11,000 troops to Canada, and the British fleet was put on a war footing with plans to blockade New York City if war broke out. In addition, the British put an embargo on the export of saltpetre which the US needed to make gunpowder.
Elizabeth Alkin (c. 1600 – c. 1655) [a] was a publisher, nurse and spy for the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War.Among the many derogatory names she was called by royalist sympathisers, that of Parliament Joan is one by which she is also commonly known.
All about the British spy cop scandal that inspired the Netflix series. Declan Gallagher. December 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM ... The spy cops division operated for decades before it was disbanded in ...
Juan Pujol García MBE (Spanish: [ˈxwam puˈʝol ɣaɾˈθi.a]; 14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (Catalan: [ʒuˈam puˈʒɔl i ɣəɾˈsi.ə]), was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.