. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . NO ORDERS EVER HAD TO BE GIVEN TO ESTABLISHTHE TELEGRAPH. THUS WROTE GENERAL GRANTIN HIS MEMOIRS. THE MOMENT TROOPS WEREIN POSITION TO GO INTO CAMP, THE MEN WOULDPUT UP THEIR WIRES. GRANT PAYS A GLOWINGTRIBUTE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINEOF THIS BODY OF BRAVE AND INTELLIGENT v~v THE MILITARY-TELEGRAPH SERVICE By A. W. Major-General, United States A run/ [The Editors express their grateful acknowledgment to David HomerBates, of the United States Mil
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . NO ORDERS EVER HAD TO BE GIVEN TO ESTABLISHTHE TELEGRAPH. THUS WROTE GENERAL GRANTIN HIS MEMOIRS. THE MOMENT TROOPS WEREIN POSITION TO GO INTO CAMP, THE MEN WOULDPUT UP THEIR WIRES. GRANT PAYS A GLOWINGTRIBUTE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINEOF THIS BODY OF BRAVE AND INTELLIGENT v~v THE MILITARY-TELEGRAPH SERVICE By A. W. Major-General, United States A run/ [The Editors express their grateful acknowledgment to David HomerBates, of the United States Military-Telegraph Corps, manager of the WarDepartment Telegraph Office and cipher-operator, lttbl-18(i6, and authorof Lincoln in the Telegraph ()lfice,, etc., for valued personal assistancein the preparation of the photographic descriptions, and for many of theincidents described in the following pages, which are recorded in fullerdetail in his book.] THE exigencies and experiences of the Civil War demon-strated, among other theorems, the vast utility and in-dispensable importance of the electric telegraph, both as anadministrative agent and as a tactical factor in military opera-tions. In addition to the utilization of existing commercialsystems, there were built and operated more than fifteen thou-sand miles of lines for military purposes only. Serving under the anomalous status of quartermastersemployee
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