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 Posted: Fri Sep 28th, 2012 01:55 pm
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Mana: 
 I've wondered:
 
how was Sherman's 'Christmas' message to Lincoln transmitted from Savannah?
 
was there undersea telegraph? fast packet boats from station to station? wig-wag? something else?
 
sometimes the logistics are amazingly complex and advanced, other times plodding and ancient...