Pinkerton Detective Agency In The Civil War

“We never sleep” was the motto of Allan Pinkerton’s detective agency. Pinkerton led these spies in the South where they “Didn’t sleep”, discovering more and more tactical information on the South’s plans to win the Civil War. In the USA a great war would soon begin a war that would separate the young nation, and would create the North and the South (Confederacy). The war would begin on April 12, 1861, and the main reason for this war was slavery. Spies such as Allan Pinkerton and the “Detective Agency” in the North, and women spies such as Mary Bowser led the North to victory in the Civil War. Spies were used in the United States from the beginning of the country. During the Revolutionary War a spy ring called “The Culper Spy Ring” …show more content…
Nowadays known as the Secret Service, the Pinkerton Agency works to provide their all to protect the President of the United States. Without the President’s security many other presidents in our history could have been assassinated and we would live in a whole other United States. After 160+ years of existence the Secret Service is sadly considered dying due to its continuous failures and the large amount of money spent on it. Many government officials believe the Secret Service is overpriced and has failed too many times, from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to the almost death of President Ronald Reagan. In 2012 the President 's Protection Act was passed which gave permanent Secret Service security to former first ladies and children of the President until they reach the age of 16 (H.R. 6620 112th). Our government which is in debt currently pays the Secret Service around 10.8 billion dollars a year (The Black Budget). In the current economy we have one logical solution to help our debt would be to exterminate the Secret Service. Pinkerton’s legacy still lives in history but soon may die