The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Fishel, Edwin C.

ISBN 10: 0395742811 / ISBN 13: 9780395742815

Published by Houghton Mifflin, U.S.A., 1996

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Secret War for the Union: The Untold ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NEW CONDITION

Dust Jacket Condition: NEW DUST JACKET

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

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Synopsis:

A former journalist and intelligence officer at the National Security Agency provides a definitive study of military intelligence during the Civil War, drawing on original, previously unknown sources to describe the various intelligence campaigns and their short- and long-term impact.

Review:

It's rare for a modern writer to make a genuinely new discovery about the Civil War, but former intelligence officer Edwin C. Fishel pulls it off in The Secret War for the Union. Having stumbled upon a large collection of previously unknown documents at the National Archives, he describes in this book the undercover operations of the Army of the Potomac. Federal intelligence, by Fishel's account, was crucially important to winning the war, and was of much higher quality than previously assumed. Among other accomplishments, it appears to have played a vital role in the Union victory at Gettysburg. This surprise--and a few others--await serious readers.