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, America’s first Situation Room. The Internet of the 19th century, the telegraph, gave Lincoln new powers to reshape leadership and wield personal control across distant battlefields.
Learn how President Lincoln mastered the use of the high-tech of his time on Lincoln@Gettysburg, airing Sunday, June 23 at 3:00 p.m. on MPB TV.
