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Author:

Wheeler, Tom, 1946-

Title:

Mr. Lincoln's t-mails : how Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to win the Civil War / Tom Wheeler.

Edition:

1st Collins pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Collins,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xx, 227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--(Abraham),--1865־1809.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Military leadership.
Telegraph--United States--History--19th century.
Political leadership--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Communications.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 207-213) and index.

Summary:

Examines the critical advantage the newly developed telegraph system gave the North and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

ISBN:

0061129801 (pbk.)
9780061129803 (pbk.) :

LCCN:

bc2020992453

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)