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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John Tierney / The Bulletin
August 9, 2011
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Military secrecy was a bit lax during the Civil War, by today’s standards, but contractor deadlines were a lot tighter.
The technology that revolutionized naval warfare began with a five-sentence message delivered to The New York Times 150 years ago, on Aug. 9, 1861, and the....