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Disadvantages Of Spies In The Civil War

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Throughout the American civil war spies played a crucial role in aiding their sides war effort. Spying was an incredibly risky occupation during the war and warranted the use of highly extreme caution. But with the risk of espionage came the greater rewards of treasured top secret enemy information. Enemy intelligence seized from the enemy changed how the war was fought and delivered huge advantages to the side that had an espionage program put in place. Through coded messages, intercepted enemy plans, assassinations of head officials and general reconnaissance the use of spies gave huge advantages to the sides that used them. The advantages given by espionage were far greater than the risks of an agent's getting captured by the enemy. Overall
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