page_title: George H. Sharpe
section_title: Education and career
hierarchical_section_title: George H. Sharpe / Education and career
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: photographichist08mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War&#160;: thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher: New York&#160;: Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB, CO. AT THE TEXT OF McCLELLANS CHIEF DETECTIVE, 1862 Only a handful of people, in North and South together, knew the identity of Major Allen, as, cigar inhand, he sat before his tent in 1862. His real name was Allan Pinkerton. As the head of his famous de-tective agency, he had been known by General McClellan before the war. He was chosen as the head ofLittle Macs secret service, and remained until McClellan himself retired in November, 1862, only amonth after this picture was made. Directly behind Major Allen stands young Babcock (in the samecostume that he wears with his beautiful horse in the frontispiece), between George H. Bangs andAugustus K. Littlefield, two operatives. The man seated at Pinkertons right is William Moore, privatesecretary to Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, down from the Capital to consult Pinkerton. Text Appearing After Image: A NEW SECRET SERVICE—THE MILITARY INFORMATION BUREAU After Pinkertons departure from the Army of the Potomac, the secret-service department was allowed to fall into hopeless neglect-All organization vanished. When General Hooker assumed command there was hardly a record or document of any kind at head-quarters to Hive information of what the Confederates were doing. Hooker was as ignorant of what was going on just across theRappahannock as if his opponents had been in China. With the energy that marked his entire course of organization, he put ColonelGeorge II. Sharpe, of the 120th New York regiment, in charge of a special and separate bureau, known as Military Information. Sharpewas appointed deputy provost-marshal-general. From March J!0, 1863, until the close of the war, the Bureau of Military Informa-tion, Army of the Potomac, had no other head. Gathering a staff of keen-witted men, chiefly from the ranks, Sharpe never let his com-(264) Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: George Henry Sharpe was an American lawyer, politician and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
context_section_description: Born February 26, 1828, in Kingston, New York, Sharpe attended Yale University and graduated from Rutgers University in 1847. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1848 to 1851, with the firm of Bidwell & Strong (now known as Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft). He was Secretary of the United States Legation in Vienna, Austrian Empire for the United States Department of State from 1851 to 1852. He resumed private practice in Kingston from 1854 to 1861. He served in the United States Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, attaining the rank of Major General. He initially served as Captain of Company B of the 20th New York State Militia (known as the "Ulster Guard") for three-months service. He served as Chief of the Bureau of Military Information from 1863 to 1865. He was a Special Agent in Europe for the United States Department of State in 1867. He was the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York from 1870 to 1873. He was Surveyor of Customs in New York City from 1873 to 1878. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1879 to 1883, serving as Speaker from 1880 to 1881. He served as trade commissioner to Central America and South America.
caption: Sharpe and John C. Babcock
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