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[[Alexander Dallas Bache]], great-grandson of [[Benjamin Franklin]], was the second U.S. Coast Survey superintendent. Bache was a physicist, scientist, and surveyor who established the first magnetic observatory and served as the first president of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]. Under Bache, the Coast Survey quickly applied its resources to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] cause during the | [[Alexander Dallas Bache]], great-grandson of [[Benjamin Franklin]], was the second U.S. Coast Survey superintendent. Bache was a physicist, scientist, and surveyor who established the first magnetic observatory and served as the first president of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]. Under Bache, the Coast Survey quickly applied its resources to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] cause during the American Civil War (1861–1865). In addition to setting up additional [[Lithography|lithographic]] presses to produce the thousands of charts required by U.S. Navy ships and other vessels, Bache made a critical decision to send Coast Survey parties to work with U.S. Navy [[Blockade|blockading]] [[Squadron (naval)|squadrons]] and [[Union Army]] formations in the field, producing hundreds of maps and charts.<ref>[http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/history/CivilWar/index.html Maps and charts]</ref> Bache detailed these activities in his annual reports to the U.S. Congress.<ref>[http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cgs/data_rescue_cgs_annual_reports.html Annual reports to Congress]</ref> Maps were of paramount importance in wartime: | ||
{{quote|text=It is certain that accurate maps must form the basis of well-conducted military operations, and that the best time to procure them is not when an attack is impending, or when the army waits, but when there is no hindrance to, or pressure upon, the surveyors. That no coast can be effectively attacked, defended, or blockaded without accurate maps and charts, has been fully proved by the events of the last two years, if, indeed, such a proposition required practical proof.|sign=Alexander Dallas Bache|source=1862 report<ref>[http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/history/CivilWar/docs/Coast_Survey_Report_1862.pdf Annual report, Nov. 7, 1862]</ref>}} | {{quote|text=It is certain that accurate maps must form the basis of well-conducted military operations, and that the best time to procure them is not when an attack is impending, or when the army waits, but when there is no hindrance to, or pressure upon, the surveyors. That no coast can be effectively attacked, defended, or blockaded without accurate maps and charts, has been fully proved by the events of the last two years, if, indeed, such a proposition required practical proof.|sign=Alexander Dallas Bache|source=1862 report<ref>[http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/history/CivilWar/docs/Coast_Survey_Report_1862.pdf Annual report, Nov. 7, 1862]</ref>}} | ||