One of Grant's field telegraph stations, 1864
- Title
- One of Grant's field telegraph stations, 1864
- LC Subject
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Armed Forces Soldiers
- Description
- With a tent-fly for shelter and a hardtack box for a table, the resourceful operator mounted his "relay", tested his wire, and brought the commanding general into direct communications with separated brigades or divisions. The field-line was built of seven twisted, rubber-coated wires which were hastily strung on trees or fences.
- Work Type
- lantern slides
- Date
- 1911/1940
- Identifier
- P217:40:45
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Set 61 - Civil War
- Institution
- Oregon State University
