. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR REVIEW OF REVIEW? CO. This historic buildingonce the temporaryCapitol of the UnitedStates, played a largepart in the workingsof the Federal secretservice; its superin-tendent, William , was a specialsecret agent of the WarDepartment. It wasused for the incarcera-tion of many Confed-erate prisoners of war,suspects and politicaloffenders. Mr. Woodfrequently subjectedhis wards to searchingexamination. Inf
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR REVIEW OF REVIEW? CO. This historic buildingonce the temporaryCapitol of the UnitedStates, played a largepart in the workingsof the Federal secretservice; its superin-tendent, William , was a specialsecret agent of the WarDepartment. It wasused for the incarcera-tion of many Confed-erate prisoners of war,suspects and politicaloffenders. Mr. Woodfrequently subjectedhis wards to searchingexamination. Infor-mation thus gained wasimmediately forward-ed to the Secretary ofWar. Mrs. Greenhow,Belle Boyd, Mrs. Mor-ris, M. T. Walworth,Josiah E. Bailey, PlinyBryan, and otherfamous Confederatespies spent sometime within its advantage gained. by the Confederatesecret agents was oftennullified through thecounter informationsecured by the Federalscouts. The photo-graphshows one of Col-onel Sharpes trustedmen, a private of theThird Indiana Cav-alry, who would oftenlead out a party ofscouts to get informa-tion as to the locationand strength of thevarious parts of theArmy of NorthernVirginia. These menwould go forward untilthey discovered theline of Confederatepickets, and then useall their trained powersof observation to findout what was behindit. Citizens in theneighborhood wereclosely questioned, andall the informationprocurable was turnedin to Colonel Sharpe. DANIEL COLE, A FEDERAL SCOUT
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