Spot on, Jim. It's a great issue on a little-appreciated period, especially here, "back East." By coincidence, the Sunday, 22 August 2010 "Murfreesboro Post" has a nice, concise article by managing editor Mike West, on the role of communications (electrical and visual) during "our war" and to the present, using that area as the springboard. It's on-line at
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/civil-war-an-important-key-to-victory-cms-5565