Lincoln's Spymaster Allan Pinkerton

[Thomas Kearney]

I would like that!

For what immediately comes to mind, see:

James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988), p. 361, note 38; Stephen W. Sears, To the Gates of Richmond (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992), pp. 98-99; Stephen W. Sears, George B. McClellan the Young Napoleon (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988), p. 179; Shelby Foote, The Civil War - A Narrative (New York: Random House, 1958), p.467; Allan Nevins, The War for the Union (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959), vol. I, pp. 300-1.

Of course, that is just a preliminary and partial list, but it should give you a flavor of how historians view Pinkerton and his "service" to McClellan.

I see a trip to the library this week!