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How did the telegraph help win the American Civil War?

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“Nearly 150 years before the advent of texts, tweets, and e-mail,” begins History.com, “President Abraham Lincoln became the first ‘wired president’ by embracing the original electronic messaging technology—the telegraph.” A technology invented by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1844, The Telegraph “played a vital role in tactical and operational maneuvers”...

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