Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War

This biography of the Civil War officer who established the Union’s intelligence network “is an absolute treasure trove of . . . operational information” ( Military History Magazine ). In this biography of George H. Sharpe, acclaimed historian Peter Tsouras recounts the significance of Sharpe’s grand contribution to the Union war effort: the creation of an all-source intelligence operation known as the Bureau of Military Information. Tsouras contends that, under Sharpe’s leadership, the BMI was