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To: Yo-Yo
I would have thought Galveston would have had a telegraph line at least.

I'm guessing that the bureaucrats had to look at the calendar and figure out the best place to put a new vacation day, and then found some date, no matter how obscure, that would fit. Seriously.

23 posted on 06/20/2022 12:43:15 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve
I would have thought Galveston would have had a telegraph line at least.

I bet they knew in a heck of a lot less time than two years that the country was at Civil War.

29 posted on 06/20/2022 12:48:34 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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