"Lincoln's Surveillance State" Op-Ed NYTimes July 6, 2013

[David Lockmiller]

(08-09-2013 04:39 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 08:44 PM)Anita Wrote:  Thanks to this discussion, I have spent the last two days educating myself on the many issues related to the history and role of the telegraph in the civil war.

Anita, do you maybe have one of your great links again? Some time ago I tried to research this and the pre-war history as well, but the outcome wasn't really satisfying.

For reliable information on the telegraph in the Civil War, I would suggest the book "Lincoln in the Telegraph Office" (Recollections of the United States Military Corps during the Civil War) by David Homer Bates, Manager of the War Department Telegraph Office and Cipher-Operator, 1861-1866.