Civil+War+Spies+RB09

Topic: Spies in the Civil War


 * Focus:** What they did when they were spying on other people.


 * Reason for choice:** I chose the topic civil war spies because I think that the spies in the civil war had a great deal in who had won.


 * your point? (**[|**thesis**]**):** The spies in the civil war had a great impact on who had won.

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What are four various secondary sources you have found before your research? [] [] [] [] [] [] [] What are two primary sources you have found to help your research? [] []
 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1.) People that were caught spying were either put into jail or even killed.

2.) Spies even helped one side to win a battle in the civil war.(first battle of bull run- Rose O'Neal Greenhow)

3.) The spies had to do many things to not be caught by the enemies.

4.) While they were spying on the enemy, they stole things from their camp or even people while they were sleeping.


 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it? -** **People that were caught spying were either put into jail or even killed.**
 * One man named Thomas Nast was spying on the enemy and had stolen many things like battle plans. But then they had found out that he was a spy, so they captured and hanged him.
 * Belle Boyd spyed for the Confederates and was taken by the Union and put into jail. Then when the Confedeartes were on a ship with Belle Boyd and it was captured by the Union but she help the captain get away.
 * Rose O' Neal Greenhow was a spy for the Confederates and helped them win one battle. But one day when she was spying on them she was caught an imprisoned by Pinkerton.

What can you conclude from these facts?

When the enemy finds you spying on them, no matter what you are doing they will put you into jail or kill you, since they do not want information about their forces going to the enemy.

That any spy caught helping the enemy or taking anything that gives major problems, about that force, will be killed or imprisoned in jail until the civil war would be over.

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 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it? -** **Spies even helped one side to win a battle in the civil war.(first battle of bull run- Rose O'Neal Greenhow)**


 * One woman named Rose O'Neal Greenhow help the Confederates win the first batle of Bull Run because she was recruited by Col. Thomas Jordan but she was then captured by the Union and he way back form a European trip she drowned.
 * Another woman named Belle Boyd help the Confederates win a battle since she told them about the Union's strengths and disposition intellegence about their forces.
 * Belle Boyd also carried important letters and papers across enemy lines. Then when she was captured with the other confederates, on a ship, she helped the Confederate Captain escape.

What can you conclude from these facts?

Spies do many things to help their side win battles or even help other members escape from being captured by the enemy. Also they are very important to the sides in the civil war because they give valuable information about the enemy.

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 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it? -** **The spies had to do many things to not be caught by the enemies.**


 * Several women would spy on the enemy but they would volunteer so they could preform between battle engagements and they would not be discovered.
 * They would also volunteer for nursing duties and for espionage missions. These would out of camp much of the time, which made the chance of them being discovered less.
 * Also They would volunteer for courier duties so it would keep them up late at night which also made it less of a chance to be found spying.

What can you conclude from these facts?

They would volunteer for any job or duty to not be in their camp that much, which would make a less of a chance for them to be found spying on them or taking plans from them. They would also plan out when they are going to do things very carefully.

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 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it? - While they were spying on the enemy, they stole things from their camp or even people while they were sleeping.**


 * One man named Thomas Nast had pictures of him collecting information from the soldiers while they were sleeping in their tents and also it showed one of him giving his genereal the battle plans.
 * Thomas Nast also stole money from from the sleeping soldiers which would make them not able to buy food and other things that they would need for them to stay warm or survive.
 * He would also go to and from the enemy camp stealing things from battle plans on where they would be attacking from to clothing that would keep them warm. There were even pictures of him talking around the campfire to his allies on what he did at the enemy camp and what he took from them while they were sleeping.

What can you conclude from these facts?

From these facts it shows that spies would steal things that they would like to keep for themselves like money or cloths and they would also take things that there side would need like for example the Confederates plans on where they were going to attack from or where they were going to travel to.

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The research that I had gathered shows that the spies did have a great infuence in who had won the civil war. They did this since if they had not found where the enemy was going to move there camp to, what the enemies plans were, and how much ammunition their army had. The spies would even steal the enemies money, so that they could not buy clothes to keep them warm and buy food for themselves Which would cause them to steal fromother people.
 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**