Book ID: CBB307202684

Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (2006)

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An analysis of the role of the telegraph in the American Civil War reveals how Lincoln used telegraph technology as an e-mail-like military tool that enabled him to rally his generals and create a modern model for electronic leadership.

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Article Schwarz, Frederic (Winter 2007) Winning Wars With Wires-and Without. American Heritage of Invention and Technology. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kathke, Torsten
Jean-François Fava-Verde
Cashin, Joan E.
Michael S. Frawley
Army, Thomas F., Jr.
Wheeler, Tom
Journals
Technology and Culture
Social History
Business and Economic History On-Line
British Journal for the History of Science
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Publishers
Louisiana State University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Salve Regina University
University Press of Florida
University of Tennessee Press
Transcript Verlag
Concepts
Technology
Telegraphs; telephones
Technology and war; technology and the military
Inventors and invention
Military technology
Communication
People
Lincoln, Abraham
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard
Wampler, John Morris
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Georgia (U.S.)
Germany
Europe
Institutions
Confederate States of America. Patent Office
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