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Pauline Cushman
Pauline Cushman 1835-93, Union spy in the Civil War, b. New Orleans. She became an actress at 18 in New York City. In 1863 she was banished to Confederate lines as a supposed Southern sympathizer, when in reality she had already performed valuable services for Union intelligence in Louisville and... Read more |
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Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Fuchs The German-born physicist Klaus Fuchs (1911-1988) was one of the Soviet Union's most effective spies operating in Britain and the United States in the critical period during and after World War II. Fuchs revealed the American designs for the atomic bomb to a Soviet spy shortly after... Read more |
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Spying
608. Spying Birch, Harvey a double spy, secretly in the employ of George Washington. [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Spy ] Bond, James Agent 007: super spy, super hero. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 27] C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) U.S. intelligence agency. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 492] Cheka early Soviet... Read more |
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Julius Rosenberg
ETHEL & ROSENBERG, JULIUS 1915-1953 - 1918-1953 E XECUTED "ATOMIC SPIES Convicted by Circumstance, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for their alleged roles in passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. No hard evidence against... Read more |
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Klaus Emil Fuchs
Klaus Emil Fuchs , 1912-88, British physicist and Communist spy, b. Germany. In 1933 he fled Germany for England, where he completed his education. Interned (1940-41) in Canada as an enemy alien, he made no attempt to conceal his Communist sympathies and was soon released, becoming a naturalized... Read more |
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Michael (Bible)
Michael in the Bible. 1 Father of Sethur the spy. 2 Chief of Issachar. 3 One of David's captains at Ziklag. 4 Jehoshaphat's murdered son.... Read more |
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spies
spies. In 1939–45signals intelligence warfare was of far greater importance than it had ever been before and overshadowed human intelligence, the work of spies. Nevertheless, there were subjects that signals intelligence (sigint) could not cover, and that human intelligence (humint) could.... Read more |
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U-2 incident
U-2 incident in U.S. and Soviet history, the events following the Soviet downing of an American U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet territory on May 1, 1960. The incident led to the collapse of a proposed summit conference between the United States, the Soviet Union, Great... Read more |
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SMERSH
SMERSH was the Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate of the USSR's People's Commissariat of Defence (GUKR). Founded on 14 April 1943, it was given the name SMERSH, an acronym for Smert Shpionam (Death to Spies) by Stalin himself who rejected the original proposed title, Death to German Spies, on... Read more |
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Caleb
Caleb , in the Bible, principal spy sent into Canaan, noted for his faithfulness to God. The name is mentioned elsewhere, apparently in connection with a clan inhabiting S ancient Palestine. An alternate form is Chelubai.... Read more |
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The real Pauline Cushman; Story of an unusual woman for her time.(TRAVEL)(THE...
...as a spy for the Union Army of the Cumberland...a minor role in Cushman's life. Her involvement...as Miss "Major" Pauline Cushman was the catalyst...for the authentic Pauline Cushman. The author...into ... |
 "The Sun - Naperville (IL)")
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Women at war; Re-enactors demonstrate that the Civil War wasn't entirely a...
...the Cumberland, and other top Union and Confederate military brass...socialite Rose Greenhow and actress Pauline Cushman, spies who worked on behalf of the Confederacy and the Union, respectively.All of these lesser... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Civil War women are hailed as heroines; Military museum exhibit traces their...
...activists, educators, spies and even impersonated...educated, like actress Pauline Cushman, acted as spies for the Union. Women smuggled items...and fought with the Union Army's 153rd Regiment...ANNIBALE/TIMES ... |
 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
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A Civil War Christmas
...of us. Gen. George Thomas, a Union general, and Gen. James Longstreet...civilly side-by-side while Pauline Cushman, a Union spy and scout, flirted with every man within...Thomas. The magic continued as Cushman, re-enacted by ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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History brought to life.(Neighbor)
...a Civil War surgeon and a Union spy. The students listened as...Helen Milam portrayed Union spy Pauline Cushman and discussed the tragedies...that lead to her becoming a spy, and the necessity of ... |
 "Lake Villa Review (IL)")
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Re-enactors to rage war at Lehmann Mansion
...for children, shopping, and food vendors."The (Union and Confederate soldiers') battle goes on once a...presents both a Ladies Tea and a presentation about Union spy Pauline Cushman. Dr. Trevor and Gen. Bedford Forrest will duel... |
 "The News Sun - Waukegan (IL)")
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'I think it's a cool experience'
...ambulance on their cellphones," he said. Other re-enactors at the school on Friday portrayed Harriet Tubman, Union spy Pauline Cushman and President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary. The event, sponsored by the Lake Villa Historical Society... |
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HELP YOURSELF.(LIFE & LEISURE)
...tales of women and guns on the frontier, such as Pauline Cushman, an actress and spy who settled in Casa Grande, Ariz., and ``unofficially...claustrophobic Sibley tents and hardtack -- the Union's salt-water-bread rations. ``Hard as Harvard... |
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Go back in time at Civil War Days
...Visitors may be recruited to support the cause of the Union or Confederacy or solicited by old-time Civil War...turned-retail store founder Marshall Field and female spies Pauline Cushman and Elizabeth Van Lew. History buffs can purchase reproduction... |
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War encampment brings history alive
...to-the-nines Pauline Cushman, actress and Confederate spy, stood nearby, trying...deserve his salary. Cushman accused the soldier...grounds, examining Union and Confederate soldiers...skirmish between the Union and ... |
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