[Illustration: THE MILITARY TELEGRAPH IN THE FIELD]
"No orders ever had to be given to establish the telegraph." Thus wrote
General Grant in his memoirs. "The moment troops were in position to go
into camp, the men would put up their wires." Grant pays a glowing tribute
to "the organization and discipline of this body of brave and intelligent
men."
[Illustration: THE ARMY SAVING THE NAVY IN MAY, 1864