Operators U.S. Military Telegraph Corps

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david homer bates 1 of original 4 operators of u.s. military telegraph corps. other 3 samuel m. brown, david strouse , richard o brien.


serving u.s. military telegraph corps operators, whether in field or in war office hard , thankless job. operators served on battlefield had more dangerous job of two. encountered constant threat of being captured, shot, or killed confederate troops whether establishing communications on battle front, sending messages behind during retreat, or venturing out repair line. telegraph operators faced casualty rate of ten percent, rate similar infantry men served with. added these dangers strenuous relationship operators had military commanders served under. many of commanders resented military telegraph corps operators because not members of military, employees of quartermasters department. result, these commanders felt operators not fit serve them , distrusted these men.


although job of operator in war office not dangerous, still demanding job. operators had quick , intelligent when receiving messages. important messages sent using cipher codes. cipher-operators had major responsibility of decoding these viable pieces of information , moving information along higher-ranking officials or president lincoln, visited military telegraph office in war department building. along decoding union telegrams, cipher-operators had decode confederate ciphers. decoding confederate cipher codes, plots such setting fire major hotels in new york city averted.


the u.s. military telegraph corps operators served courageously during civil war. but, because these men not members of military, did not receive recognition or pension services, though supervisory personnel did because of military commissions received. result, families of men killed in action had depend on charity continue on. operators of u.s. military telegraph corps not recognized service until 1897, when president cleveland approved act directing secretary of war issue certificates of honorable service members (including died) of u.s. military telegraph corps. but, certificate of recognition did not include pension these men passionately sought.








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