History of the United States Secret Service - Lafayette Curry Baker

History of the United States Secret Service

By Lafayette Curry Baker

  • Release Date: 2014-06-24
  • Genre: History

Book Synopsis

Lafayette Baker served as a Union spy during the Civil War and eventually took over the Union Intelligence Service from Allan Pinkerton. Baker suspected Secretary of War Edwin Stanton of corruption and was demoted after tapping his telegraph wires. After Lincoln's assassination, he returned to Washington, D.C. and played a vital role in rounding up those involved in the assassination plot. He was relieved of his position again after he was accused by President Johnson of spying on him, a charge Baker confesses to in his History of the United States Secret Service, written as a response to his demotion. Baker passed away a year after publishing his book in 1868.

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