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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army of the Potomac. (search)
junction. Manassas now looks more like a town than ever before. Prominent among the new buildings is the telegraph office, a small wooden house about twenty feet square, containing two large rooms, a battery room, closet, and above a sleeping room for the operators. It is immediately opposite the depot and post-office, and in full view of the passengers as they arrive on the trains. In the room are four instruments connected with the wires running to Richmond, Lynchburg, Winchester, and Dumfries. Across one end is a counter to keep out loafers and a shelf for writing messages. The second room is for private business, and contains a few chairs and tables for the use of newspaper correspondents, as the office is a place of habitual resort to three or four special individuals who remain here. At present, I am sorry to say, the tables are vacant, as our best and readiest writers are on a trip to Richmond, and are enjoying the hospitalities of that city. The plan of this new off