True Crime: William Kennoch, The Ace Counterfeit Detective
Posted by: Neely Tucker
-Research by Micah Messenheimer in the Prints and Photographs Division and Jake Bozza, formerly of the Manuscript Division, contributed to this report. It turns out that William “Bill” Kennoch, one of the nation’s top counterfeit detectives in the chaotic post-Civil War era, didn’t have any nifty nicknames, such as “Dollar” or “Wild.” He was a rather …
Posted in: Civil War, Gilded Age, Manuscripts, Prints and Photographs Division