My only questions are who was Doubleday working for? Lincoln or Winfield Scott? Who were these spying reports sent to? And how did he become associated with whoever he was working for?
I believe that Anderson was at one time an aide to Gen. Scott. But was Doubleday ever an aide or did he at any time prior to 1859 work for Scott? Scott would seem to be the appearent channel for this information to be sent to. But we have Doudleday writting directly to Lincoln also. Was he given permission from Scott to do so? Or was that a prior arrangement because he was in fact Lincolns direct agent?
It seems to me that Winfield Scott for years had been setting up a "loyal" corp of followers to be placed in sensitive positions for what purpose?
All of this 'back alley espionage' seem to connect to the Gelena, Illinois cabal of Abraham Lincoln, Elihu Washburne, Winfield Scott, Henry Halleck and Jesse Grant. The founding fathers of the American Civil War. Those men who pushed this country into a war and made it look like the south started it.