Article Title

The Telegraph Goes to War: The Personal Diary of David Homer Bates, Lincoln's Telegraph Operator

Authors

John Beeler

ISBN

1892059029

Price

$27.95

Publisher

Edmonston Publishing Inc.

Abstract

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At first glance this appears to be a book with no clear raison d'etre, other than being about the Civil War, a subject of such endless fascination to American readers that, as one current historical authority has put it, no book....

Recommended Citation

Beeler, John (2004) "The Telegraph Goes to War: The Personal Diary of David Homer Bates, Lincoln's Telegraph Operator," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 4 .
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol6/iss4/27