Allan Pinkerton
American Civil War detective and spy (1819–1884) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819[2] – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American 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.[3] 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.
Allan Pinkerton | |
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Born | (1819-08-21)August 21, 1819[1][2] Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | July 1, 1884(1884-07-01) (aged 64) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Resting place | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Cooper, abolitionist, detective, spy |
Spouse |
Joan Carfrae
(m. 1842) |
Children | 3 |