Civil War- "Intelligence Work For The Union" April 1861-1865
During the American Civil War, Allan Pinkerton and Kate Warne were used as a covert war intelligence-gathering bureau. She could easily penetrate into southern social gatherings. Warne said that women are most useful in worming out secrets in many places which would be impossible for a male detective. Believed to be a mistress of Allan Pinkerton, the two would often pose as a married couple while undercover. She also had an assortment of names: Kay Warne, Kay Waren, Kay Warren, Kate Warne, Kate Waren, Kate Warren, Kitty Warne, Kitty Waren, Kitty Warren, Kittie Waren, Kittie Warne, and Kittie Warren. Warne was known as Kitty to Robert Pinkerton, Allan's brother. Robert Pinkerton often argued with Kate Warne over expenses turned over to the agency, but her relationship with Allan remained for years. After the quelled assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln, Kate continued to travel with Allan Pinkerton as his Female Superintendent of Detectives. On April 12, 1861 the Confederate States of America's cannons in Charleston began firing on Fort Sumter. These cannon shells marked the beginning of the American Civil War. Within nine days, Pinkerton wrote to the now President, Lincoln, offering the services of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. However, before Lincoln could respond, Major General George B. McClellan asked Pinkerton to set up a military intelligence service for McClellan's command. Therefore, by the end of July, 1861 Pinkerton took Kate, Timothy Webster and later George Bangs west to set up a headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio (see also Cincinnati in the Civil War) to follow McClellan's Ohio division.
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