THE MILITARY TELEGRAPH DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES,
with an exposition of ancient and modern means of communication, and of the Federal and Confederate cipher systems; also a Running Account of the War between the States. In two volumes. Volume 1: Pp. [ii]+xii+378(last blank, paginated 9-378), frontispiece, tissue guard, 4 plates (maps, 3 full page), text illustrations, appendix; Volume 2: Pp. viii+390 (paginated 9-390), frontispiece, tissue guard, text illustrations, 3 full page maps, appendix, Roll of US Military Telegraph Operators, index; brown cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind; upper hinge starting in Volume 1 and cracked in Volume II, leaves browned with occasional creasing to some upper fore-corners, some occasional light foxing and offsetting, Jansen, McClurg & Co, Chicago, 1882. First edition. *The definitive work on the history of communication and military telegraph during the American Civil War. Item #127620
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