Talk:William Hunter Campbell

Espionage agents

I think civilians operating benind enemy lines, and soldiers out of uniform, qualifies as espionage by any normal definition. Denial by participants is nice, but not really important. At least that's how I would characterize it. Roseohioresident (talk) 19:28, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

It's better to respect the position of the dead man in his own biography article, and simply state the facts as known: the Confederate court (described at the time as being a "kangaroo court") charged him with spying and found him guilty. Beyond that, there is no reason to state un-categorically that he was in fact a spy, when he denied being one. To counter, there are examples of Confederates who operated behind enemy lines in plain clothes and were not charged as spies by Union courts. Green Cardamom (talk) 19:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)