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Author Bates, David Homer, 1843-1926.

Title Lincoln in the telegraph office : recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War / by David Homer Bates ; introduction to the Bison books edition by James A. Rawley.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Lincoln, [1995]
©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 432 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Originally published: New York : Century Co., 1907.
"Bison books"--Preliminary page.
Includes index.
Contents II Organization of the Military Telegraph Corps 14 -- III War Department Telegraph Office 38 -- IV Cipher-Codes and Messages 49 -- V Confederate Cipher-Codes and Intercepted Despatches 68 -- VI In the First Months of the War 86 -- VII McClellan's Disagreements with the Administration 101 -- VIII Lincoln in Touch with Army Movements 113 -- IX Eckert, Chief of the War Department Telegraph Staff 124 -- X First Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation 138 -- XI Gettysburg and Vicksburg Year 154 -- XII Lincoln's Tender Treatment of Rosecrans 158 -- XIII A Remarkable Feat in Railroad Transportation 172 -- XIV Lincoln in Every-Day Humor 183 -- XV Lincoln's Love for His Children 208 -- XVI A Bogus Proclamation 228 -- XVII Grant's Wilderness Campaign 244 -- XVIII Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens 250 -- XIX Cables and Signals 257 -- XX Lincoln's Forebodings of Defeat at the Polls 267 -- XXI Conspirators in Canada 287 -- XXII Attempt to Burn New York 299 -- XXIII Grant's Orders for the Removal of Thomas 310 -- XXIV Abortive Peace Conference at Hampton Roads 322 -- XXV Lincoln's Last Days 343 -- XXVI Assassination 364 -- XXVII Payne, the Assassin 377 -- XXVIII Lincoln's Manner Contrasted with Stanton's 389.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject United States. Military Telegraph Corps.
United States. Military Telegraph Corps.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States. Military Telegraph Corps.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Communications.
Military telegraph -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Military telegraph.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800 - 1899
Indexed Term United States History, 1861-1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bates, David Homer, b. 1843. Lincoln in the telegraph office. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Lincoln, ©1995 080326125X (DLC) 95010908 (OCoLC)32429649
ISBN 0585300585 (electronic book)
9780585300580 (electronic book)
080326125X (alkaline paper)
9780803261259 (alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T537 -1995