Read the student’s prewriting about The Dark Game by Paul Janeczko. Point: Espionage in the American Civil War relied more on people’s skills than on gadgetry and inventions.

Which sentence best illustrates this point?

Some spies were executed for their involvement in gathering intelligence for the South.
Spies gathered intelligence from letters, newspapers, and interviews with prisoners and deserters.
Use of photography and the telegraph slowly transformed spying into a scientific vocation.
Spying during the Civil War evolved significantly from the amateur efforts of the Revolutionary War.