. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . MAP PHOTO-GRAPHINGFOR THE ARMYIN THE FIELD. THE PROCESS THAT TOOK GARDNER INTO THE SECRET SERVICE Alexander Gardners usefulness to the secret service lay in the copying of maps by the methods shownabove—and keeping quiet about it. A great admirer of Gardners was young William A. Pinkerton, sonof Allan Pinkerton, then head of the secret service. Forty-seven years later Mr. Pinkerton furnished forthe Photographic History some reminiscences of Gardners work: It was during the winter of Gl-CJthat Gardner became attached to the Secret S
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . MAP PHOTO-GRAPHINGFOR THE ARMYIN THE FIELD. THE PROCESS THAT TOOK GARDNER INTO THE SECRET SERVICE Alexander Gardners usefulness to the secret service lay in the copying of maps by the methods shownabove—and keeping quiet about it. A great admirer of Gardners was young William A. Pinkerton, sonof Allan Pinkerton, then head of the secret service. Forty-seven years later Mr. Pinkerton furnished forthe Photographic History some reminiscences of Gardners work: It was during the winter of Gl-CJthat Gardner became attached to the Secret Service Corps, then under my father. I was then a boy, rang-ing from seventeen to twenty-one years of age, during all of which time I was in intimate contact withGardner, as he was at our headquarters and was utilized by the Government for photographing maps andother articles of that kind which were prepared by the secret service. I have quite a number of his viewswhich were made at that time. These negatives, more than a thousand in number, are among the collectionso long buried in obscurity before
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