Fort Sumter has fallen
This telegram notified Secretary of War Simon Cameron of the outcome of the battle that began the Civil War in earnest. It was sent by Maj. Robert Anderson, commander...
Lincoln says, keep fighting!
On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln sent this telegram to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at City Point, Virginia. It encouraged Grant to continue fighting vigorously....
Mars calling
In August 1924, there was speculation that Mars would attempt to communicate with Earth using radio signals. This telegram from the Secretary of the Navy ordered all...
Prisoner exchange
Adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin, 1st Lt. Edward P. Brooks, was captured on November 4, 1863, at Greenville, Virginia, and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond. Four months...
Supporting the draft
By July 1940 the Nazi army had successfully conquered Poland, Denmark, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, France, and Belgium. Japan, as well as Germany, were...
Telegram decoded
In January 1917 the United States was neutral in the European War that would eventually be called World War I. An intercepted telegram between Germany and Mexico...
Telegram from citizens of Staten Island
The Arlington Committee to Defend America supported compulsory military training as a way of countering the aggression of other nations.