The nature of the American Civil War made espionage easy to commit and difficult to stop. American Civil War spies came from all walks of life; for the first time, women became heavily involved in espionage.
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No organized espionage service had existed in the nation prior to the Civil War; both sides experienced trial and error as they attempted to establish them from scratch.