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Title
Ciphers sent commencing April 29th 1863
Date Created and/or Issued
1863-04
1863-05
1863-06
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Thomas T. Eckert Papers
Rights Information
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Description
Title from note on first page. No spine or cover labels. Fully in code; appears to be solely for the Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, not Fort Monroe. Approximately 231 telegrams, 7 of which have been partially or completely crossed out. P. 76-199 and 280-400 are blank. Telegrams begin on front fly leaf 2.
Extent
75 pages ; 36x28 cm
Identifier
mssEC 23
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll11/id/3574
Subject
United States. Military Telegraph Corps
United States. War Department--Correspondence
United States Military Telegraph--Archives
Telegraph--United States--History--19th century--Sources
Telegraphers--United States--Archives
Source
Thomas T. Eckert papers, 1861-1877 (bulk 1862-1867)
Thomas T. Eckert Papers, Decoding the Civil War
Provenance
Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Seth Kaller, January 21, 2012.

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