Posted By: Bill Hock on: 10/10/2011 22:11:46 EDTSubject: RE: Wilson's Creek & early use of telegraph
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Posted By: Bill Hock on: 10/10/2011 22:11:46 EDT Subject: RE: Wilson's Creek & early use of telegraph |
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Thank you Dave & Mark for your reply, Dave the info on using commercial stations reinforces the possibility that local operators were used and I agree were likely sometimes coerced to handle military transmissions as priority. Mark much of your reference I also found and your noting that most tactical com. was handled directly through messengers or direct communications is echoed in many of the first-hand accounts written by participants in a book I found online. (chrisanddavid.com/wilsonscreek) I have an event this weekend but I'll work on this after. I am going to check & see if I can find some reference to this in rail-road or commercial accounts. Another thing I want to research regarding this is that it seems there were qualified operators in the Armies, & If they had an apparatus seems they'd make use of them by tapping in to any lines they were near even at the beginning of the War. Regards, Bill Hock |