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Question: Who in the worlds history is/was the Youngest spy in the world!? !?
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I can't give too many names as I don't know them and I can only really give the age of one!. But I do know that young boys who served as nespaper boys during the American Civil War could be spies!. One was 14 year old Charles Phillips who was a spy for the Union serving under his father John Phillips!. John Phillips ran The Richmond Dispatch from 1863 until the end of the war!. Under this guise he became a Union spy and his son Charles came to work for him in such a capacity!. At first he merely moved info through the lines then like other paperboys he used his cover as a paperboy selling newspapers to gather information!. That is until he was arrested in January 1865!.

Another couple of young boys by the name of Smith served as spies for Lee!. Their father was apaprently on Lee's staff because of their activities!. But beyond that (and a few Union communications concerning these two) I don't know very much about them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com