. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . head of the Bureau of Military Information and supervisedall its secret-service work until the close of the war. Hebrought the bureau to a state of great efficiency. LieutenantH. B. Smith was chief detective of the Middle Department,which comprised Maryland, Delaware, and part of headquarters was at Baltimore, one of the most fertilefields for the work of the secret service. This city, of all thatremained within the Union, was probably the most occupiedin aiding and abetting the cause of the South. Smith gathered about
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . head of the Bureau of Military Information and supervisedall its secret-service work until the close of the war. Hebrought the bureau to a state of great efficiency. LieutenantH. B. Smith was chief detective of the Middle Department,which comprised Maryland, Delaware, and part of headquarters was at Baltimore, one of the most fertilefields for the work of the secret service. This city, of all thatremained within the Union, was probably the most occupiedin aiding and abetting the cause of the South. Smith gathered about him a staff of about forty soldiersand civilians, and an immense amount of significant informa-tion as to the plans and movements of the citizens, some ofthem of great prominence, began to pour into the provost-marshals office. Many schemes were frustrated and the of-fenders arrested. The numerous coves and bays of the Chesa-peake offered secure harbors and secluded landing-places forcontraband vessels. On one occasion, Smith and two of hisassistants came u
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