During this time the railroad was known to be the only means of transporting gold and other valuable shipments. In 1858, Capt. McClellan that in his career led the North Army requested the help of Pinkerton to investigate the theft of wines and small sundry thefts of beggars which happened along the railroads. In 1861, there were rumors that President Elect Lincoln would be assassinated while passing through Baltimore transferring from one train to another. One of Pinkerton’s most trusted men along with other operatives were setup in various locations along the route to protect him while traveling to his inauguration.
In 1860 Allan learned that there was a plot to assassinate President Lincoln on his way to the inauguration in Baltimore Allan told President Lincoln and escorted Lincoln to the inauguration by rerouting the train. (Hunt, 2009) President Lincoln and George McClellan had a significant impact on the career of Allan. Lincoln and McClellan hired Allan as a secret service agent where he did most work by himself as Major E.J. Allan His greatest capture was a confederate spy network leader name Rose Greenhow. (Hunt,
Recovering from this slight, he began working for the Chicago Department of Health as a chemist and was promoted in 1917 to senior chemist. The next year he moved to Ottumwa, Iowa where he held the position of chief chemist at the John Morrell Company. During this time, World War I broke out and Hall received an appointment as Chief Inspector of Powder and Explosives for the United States Ordnance Department. On September 23, 1919 Lloyd married Myrrhene Newsome, a teacher from Macomb, Illinois. Two years later, the couple moved to Chicago where Lloyd began working for the Boyer Chemical Laboratory where he took the position of chief chemist and focused on the emerging field of food chemistry, and began looking at a way of preserving meats with chemicals.
The antagonist of the book is just the war and the contention is causes. It takes place during the revolutionary war. The historical accuracy in the book is accurate because it says so in the back of the book. The conflict in this story is mostly man vs. man because Johnny gets captured by Cush. Also it is man vs. society because of the whole war going on.
The second president I would like to discuss is Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln served as a Captain of the Illinois Militia during the Blackhawk War. He had little military experience but, was leader during the American Civil War. Having military experience allowed him to better outfit the troops and provide more informed leadership skills. Using his experience, he knew that the rebellion needed to be ended quickly and implemented blockades to hurt the enemy, knowing they could not fight without supplies.
Why does the gray-clad soldier visit the Farquhar home? The soldier was pretending to be a Confederate soldier, but was really a Union soldier. He was a Federal scout looking to set up civilians that would interfere with what the Union was doing to win the war. 2a. Recall how Peyton Farquhar is described.
In 1859, though, he joined the Virginia Militia and was took part in the capturing of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. He was a secret agent for the Confederates. He smuggled medical and all kinds of other necessary supplies to the Confederate government, hospitals, and army. His acting was a perfect cover up for these missions.
In 1921, he was appointed the director of the newly formed National Bureau of Fingerprint investigation that later became the FBI. William J. Burns was born on 19th October 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland and was educated in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Business College and then joined his father tailoring business. In 1878 his father left the business and became police commissioner in Columbus. Following in his father’s footsteps young Burns also left the family business and became an amateur detective.
Washington pushed his intelligence officers to determine not only military intelligence and tactical information but also find information regarding the enemy’s fortifications and movements. He had them engage in counterintelligence by kidnapping valuable people, use false information, live among the enemy, and had them employ their own operatives outside his command (Halverson
However, “during the evening of the same day President Lincoln established the Secret Service” (Inside the White House). Thus the Secret Service was created, however “the duties of the Secret Service did not, at first, include protecting the president. The job of the Secret Service agent was to fight crimes of counterfeiting (the printing and spending of phony money)” (Junior Secret Service Program). Lincoln death trigger the realization of many other problems that where currently occurring in the nation. “It was the first time in our nation's history that a President had been assassinated.