It's not spelled out explicitly, but this paragraph would lead me to believe
they were using American Morse:
"Jim Wilson is the longtime editor of Dots & Dashes, the official publication
of the Morse Telegraph Club Inc. For years, he and his son have participated in
Civil War re-enactments as telegraph operators of the period."
The Morse Telegraph Club webpage says the use both International and American
Morse, as well as "preserving the heritage of telegraphy and educating the
public on the history of Morse telegraph communications." I'd think that if
anyone would know the difference, it'd be these guys. :)
73,
Sean - VA5LF
On 2013-01-07, at 12:46 PM, Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org> wrote:
> But the story does not answer my question: In those days, they did not use
> International Morse Code (what we use today),
> they used "American" Morse Code... All of the land-line telegraphy in
> those days was American Morse Code.
> Did the re-enactment guys learn American Morse? The guy said he learned it
> from his ham-radio dad.
>
> So Still not a clear story.
>
> 73,
>
> -Gerry W1VE
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.newsleader.com/article/20121225/NEWS01/312250031/Va-telegraph-experts-bring-accuracy-Lincoln-
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM, <Georgek5kg@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, this is not a contesting question, but a curious one nevertheless.
>>>
>>> I just saw the Lincoln movie. In the movie, there was a lot of scenes
>> of
>>> telegraph as it was used during the Civil War. I am curious to know if
>>> the
>>> code was authentic. I know that there is a group of hams who specialize
>>> in copying the old Morse telegraph code - they had a booth at Dayton.
>>>
>>> 73, George
>>>
>>> George Wagner, K5KG
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