Lincoln in the Telegraph Office: Recollections of the United, States Military Telegraph, Corps During the Civil War (Classic Reprint)

Major Thomas T. Eckert .127 Plan of the cipher-room in the War Department telegraph office 144 The old War Department building 147 Facsimile (reduced) of the despatch to Robert A. Maxwell, which Lincoln wrote for transmission, but soon after countermanded 170 A duplicate of Wintrup ssignature 207 Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War 1862-1868 .219 Facsimile of Lincoln1 sautographic estimate of the electoral vote of 1864 279 Facsimile (reduced) of Lincoln sdespatch to Mrs. Lincoln of 7:45 P.M., A pril 2, 1865 .. ..347 Facsimile (reduced) of Lincoln scipher-despatch, in which he announced the fall of Petersburg and Richmond 352 Facsimile (reduced) of Lincoln sdespatch of 5P.M., A pril 3, 1865 353 Facsimile, on this and the following page, of the manuscript of Secretary Stan tons order to the armies for honoring the memory of the murdered President 374 Charles A lmerin Tinker, David Homer Bates, Thomas Thompson Eckert, Albert Brown Chandler .. 393 Facsimile (reduced) of Secretary Stanton sletter accepting Major Eckert sresignation
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