President Lincoln, Willie Kettles, and the Telegraph Machine

by Marty Rhodes Figley

Book Overview

In March 1865, the Civil War between the North and South and had been going on for four years. The armies of the North were fighting their way to Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate states. Many people thought that if the northern troops captured Richmond, the war would be over. Fifteen-year-old Willie Kettles worked as a telegraph operator in the War Department building in Washington. President Abraham Lincoln stopped by the telegraph...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580136710
• ISBN13: 9781580136716
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5