. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ves, to feed our army, wouldbe landed at Coggins Point for pasture. Hampton gotthem all but one lame steer. Doubtless the hungryJohnnies lilessed the operator who neglected tojiutthat message in cipher. The other dis]iatches which(Jaston coiiied were sent to Richnjond, but were neverdeciphered. 79- TELEGRAPHING IN BATTLE. right, until the Hne reached the Weldon rail-road and beyond. Tlius all our forces in frontof Richmond and Petersburg — a semicircle ofthiny miles of intrenchments—were manipu-lated in concert bv the hand of General Grant.
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ves, to feed our army, wouldbe landed at Coggins Point for pasture. Hampton gotthem all but one lame steer. Doubtless the hungryJohnnies lilessed the operator who neglected tojiutthat message in cipher. The other dis]iatches which(Jaston coiiied were sent to Richnjond, but were neverdeciphered. 79- TELEGRAPHING IN BATTLE. right, until the Hne reached the Weldon rail-road and beyond. Tlius all our forces in frontof Richmond and Petersburg — a semicircle ofthiny miles of intrenchments—were manipu-lated in concert bv the hand of General Grant. Parke in command, gave him three corps andempowered him to assault, while its repair re-stored Meade, regulated the assault, enablingGrant to use his whole force as a unit, and se-cured an advance by our forces, all within thespace of a few hours. Thus were forts lostand retaken, and thus were battles won by theaid of the telegraph! Its success in this emer-gency was due to the field system. But forthe portable batteries the cutting of the City. GENERAL GRANT AND HIS OPERATOR. The result of battles sometimes hung on thecontinuity of a slender wire, as when on March25, 1865, the Confederates under Gordonattacked and carried Fort Stedman and cutthe wire to City Point. The capture occurredabout 5 A. M. According to General Hum-phreys, who has described this campaign, Gen-eral Parke, then commanding the Ninth Corps,which received the attack, telegraphed at 5: 30A. M. to General Webb the loss of the immediately replied that Meade was atCity Point, and he (Parke) in command. At6:15 Humphreys, commanding the SecondCorps, on Parkes left, received the news also bytelegraph that the enemy had broken our right,taken Stedman, and were moving on CityPoint. Parke ordered Warren up with the FifthCorfjs, the Ninth assaulted, and the fort wasrecaptured by eight oclock. Promptly the tele-graph was repaired and flashed the news toGrant and Meade, who as rjiiickly projectcfl theSecon
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