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malthaussen

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8. Why not, it worked for Lincoln.

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 09:28 AM

Dec 2016

You may recall that Mr Pinkerton got a big boost to his company by protecting Mr Lincoln as the latter moved through Baltimore on the way to Washington. He then became the chief of espionage for the U.S. in the Civil War (no CIA then, of course), and the bloated estimates of Confederate capabilities his operatives turned in fed the timidity of the General-in-Chief George McClellan to the point where he was paralyzed by indecision, and probably prolonged the war by years. No matter, Mr Pinkerton made large bank from it.

-- Mal

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