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	Early 1860's military field communications (origins, development, and aftermath).
	Command, control, and accountability issues involving the early 1860's military establishment.
	Signal, telegraphic, and secret service operations employed during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
	Roles and sacrifices of signallists, telegraphers, aeronauts and others regarding intelligence communications
	Life histories of 1860's communications pioneers
	Identification and care of monuments, markers, and final resting places of those involved in Civil War related communications.
	Calendar of and/or after-action-reports of re-enactment events or camps of instruction which include(d) communications.
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