Crimean War gained worldwide attention for pioneering and publicising modern nursing while treating the wounded. The Crimean War also saw the first tactical use of railways and other modern inventions, such as the electric telegraph, with the first "live" war reporting to "The Times" by William Howard Russell. Some credit Russell with prompting the resignation of the sitting British government through his reporting of the lacklustre condition of British forces deployed in Crimea. Additionally, the telegraph reduced the independence of British overseas possessions from their commanders in London due to such rapid communications. Newspaper readership informed public opinion in the United Kingdom
William Thomas Russell he served on the executive committee of the National Catholic War Council, and was head of the press department of the National Catholic Welfare Council. Russell served as head of the Diocese of Charleston for ten years, until his death at the age of sixty-three. His relative John Joyce Russell later served as Bishop of Charleston before becoming Bishop of Richmond. William Thomas Russell William Thomas Russell (October 20, 1863 – March 18, 1927) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston from 1917 until his death in 1927. William Russell was born