TY - BOOK AU - Wheeler, Tom, TI - Mr. Lincoln's T-mails: the untold story of how Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to win the Civil War AV - E 457 .W568 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - Collins KW - Political leadership KW - United States KW - Telegraph N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index N2 - The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. "www.goodreads.com" ER -