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Lincoln @ Gettysburg
S1 E1 - 54m 46s
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proved himself a master of a new frontier — not on the battlefields of the Civil War, but in his high-tech command center: the War Department Telegraph Office. The internet of the 19th century, the telegraph gave Lincoln new powers to reshape leadership and wield personal control across distant battlefields.
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Learn how Lincoln exerted control through the telegraph and its effect on the Gettysburg Address.
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