A Personal Spy?

[L Verge]

We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

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(03-08-2017 08:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

I just answered my own question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alvin_Lloyd

Has anyone researched anything further as far as his veracity? He seems to have gotten some compensation from higher-ups...

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(03-08-2017 08:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

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(03-08-2017 08:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We are selling a new book on Spies in Washington, DC during various periods of the nation's history. Chapter 2 is about 12 pages of blurb-type histories on various ones related to the Civil War.

There is mention there (with no source notes) that Mr. Lincoln had his own personal spy, a gentleman named Lloyd (first name William? I'll verify that later). According to the authors, Mr. Lloyd was paid $200/month.

Has anyone ever read this before and researched its veracity?

I just answered my own question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alvin_Lloyd

Has anyone researched anything further as far as his veracity? He seems to have gotten some compensation from higher-ups...

More info: http://www.civilwarhome.com/lloydbio.htm