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Re: communicating in the Lafourche District

Did any of the Union gunboats which operated in Teche or Lafourche Districts 1863-1865 have the wireless Morse- Vail telegraph register systems aboard ?
Was a gunboat, on station, capable of advising Headquarters of a developing situation at hand in 'real time' , or did they have to dispatch a hand written letter and a courier to report any activity ?

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