Allan Pinkerton
American Civil War spy
Died when: 64 years 315 days (778 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Allan J.Pinkerton (August 25, 1819 – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B.McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers.
After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
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