Decoding the Civil War

To see the transcriptions with the ledgers, please consult the Thomas T. Eckert Papers in the Huntington Digital Library or click on the links below:

Series 1. United States Military Telegraph Ledgers

• mssEC 01 : War Department Ciphers Received Feby. 2 to July 30, 1862. ; Date: 1862, February 2 -- 1862, July 30
• mssEC 02 : War Department Ciphers Received Feby. 7 to June 26, 1862. ; Date: 1862, February 7 -- 1862, July 23
• mssEC 03 : War Department Ciphers Received Feby. 22 to May 2, 1862. ; Date: 1862, February 23 -- 1862, May 2
• mssEC 04 : U. S. Military Telegraph. Strictly private. ; Date: 1862, May 22 -- 1864, February 3
• mssEC 05 : War Department Ciphers Received From August 5, 1862 to Mch. 24, 1863. ; Date: 1862, August 5 -- 1863, March 24
• mssEC 06 : War Department Ciphers Received From Mch. 25th 1863 to July 10, 1863. ; Date: 1863, March 25 -- 1863, July 10
• mssEC 07 : War Department Ciphers Received From Mch. 26th 1863 to July 2, 1863. ; Date: 1863, March 26 -- 1863, July 2
• mssEC 08 : Received, June 27, 1863, Jany. 24, 1864. ; Date: 1863, June 27 -- 1864, January 24
• mssEC 09 : Received, July 12th, 1863, Jany. 24, 1864. ; Date: 1863, July 12 -- 1864, January 24
• mssEC 10 : United States Military Telegraph, War Department. Received. Jany. 5th to July 31, 1864. ; Date: 1864, January 25 -- 1864, July 31
• mssEC 11 : United States Military Telegraph, War Department. Received. Jany. 6th July 29, 1864. ; Date: 1864, January 26 -- 1864, July 31
• mssEC 12 : Cipher Telegrams received at War Department from December 25th, 1864 to August 9th, 1866. ; Date: 1864, December 25 -- 1866, August 9
• mssEC 13 : Cipher Telegrams received at War Department from December 25th, 1864 to August 6th, 1866. ; Date: 1864, December 25 -- 1866, August 8
• mssEC 14 : Received telegrams, August 11, 1866 to August 1, 1867. ; Date: 1866, August 11 -- 1867, August 1
• mssEC 15 : War Department Ciphers Sent Feby. 1 to July 21, 1862. ; Date: 1862, February 1 -- 1862, July 21
• mssEC 16 : U. S. Military Telegraph. Aug. 6 1862 Jany. 24, 1864 Cipher Messages sent. ; Date: 1862, August 6 -- 1864, January 24
• mssEC 17 : U. S. Military Telegraph. Sent, Aug. 9 1862 -- Jany. 21, 1864. ; Date: 1862, August 9 -- 1864, January 21
• mssEC 18 : United States Military Telegraph, War Department. Sent, Jany. 21, 1864 -- Dec. 7, 1865. ; Date: 1864, January 26 -- 1865, December 2
• mssEC 19 : War D[epartment] Ciphers Sent Jany 27th 1864 to Dec 2[nd?] ; Date: 1864, January 27 -- 1865, December 2
• mssEC 20 : Sent. ; Date: 1865, December 14 -- 1867, July 26
• mssEC 21 : Telegraphs Sent. ; Date: 1865, December 16 -- 1867, July 30

Series 2. The Army of the Potomac and the Fort Monroe Telegraph Ledgers

• mssEC 22 : Head Quarts A of P, Cipher Book, containing [stuck out] Sent and Received from August 29, 1862 to April 28, 1863. ; Date: 1862, August 29 -- 1863, April 27
• mssEC 23 : Ciphers sent commencing April 29th 1863. ; Date: 1863, April 29 -- 1863, June 13
• mssEC 24 : [Fortress Monroe] Ciphers Received from April 4 to Nov. 7, 1862. ; Date: 1862, April 4 -- 1862, November 17
• mssEC 25 : Fort Monroe Va., Ciphers Received and Sent, February 3d 1864 to April 6th 1865. ; Date: 1864, February 3 -- 1865, April 6

Series 3. Thomas T. Eckert Letterpress Books

• mssEC 26 : Vol. 1, Telegrams Received Maj. Eckert March 20 to May 12, 1864. ; Date: 1864, March 25 -- 1864, May 12
• mssEC 27 : Vol. 2, Telegrams Received Maj. Eckert May 12, 1864 to June 10, 1864. ; Date: 1864, May 13 -- 1864, June 10
• mssEC 28 : Vol. 3, Telegrams Received Maj. Eckert June 10, 1864 to July 25, 1864. ; Date: 1864, June 10 -- 1864, July 25
• mssEC 29 : Vol. 4, Telegrams Received Maj. Eckert July 25, 1864 to Sept. 16, 1864. ; Date: 1864, July 25 -- 1864, September 16
• mssEC 30 : Vol. 5, Telegrams Received, Maj. Eckert, Sept. 16, 1864 to Nov. 8, 1864. ; Date: 1864, September 16 -- 1864, November 8
• mssEC 31 : Vol. 6, Telegrams Received, Major Eckert, Nov. 8, 1864 to Jany 21, 1865. ; Date: 1864, November 8 -- 1865, January 21
• mssEC 32 : Telegrams Received, June 4, 1865 to April 7, 1866. ; Date: 1865, June 4 -- 1866, April 7
• mssEC 33 : Telegrams Sent, May 30, 1866 to August 3, 1866. ; Date: 1866, May 20 -- 1866, August 3
  

Series 4. Charles Anderson Dana Telegraph Ledgers

• mssEC 34 : Telegraphs from Charles A. Dana. ; Date: 1863, September 10 -- 1863, November 12
• mssEC 35 : "Dana", Nov. 30, 1863 Aug. 2d, 1864. ; Date: 1863, November 9 -- 1864, August 2

For blogs about specific ledgers, please consult these posts:
Ledgers 3 and 24
Ledger 7