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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d by the right of Lees army. Heavy was the pricepaid for flag-work at this point, where the men were exposed tothe fierce shrapnel of artillery and the deadly bullet of Con-federate sharpshooters in Devils Den. On or beside this signalstation, on a bare rock about ten feet square, seven men werekilled or seriously wounded. With rash gallantry. CaptainJames A. Hall held his ground, and on July 2d. at the mostcritical phase of the struggle signaled to Meades headquar-ters, A heavy column of enemys infantry, about ten thou-sand, is moving from opposite our extreme left toward ourright. General Warren had hastened by Meades order to LittleRound Top to investigate. He says: There were no troopson it (Little Round Top) and it was used as a signal station.I saw that this was the key of the whole position, and thatour troops in the woods in front of it could not see the groundin front of them, so that the enemy could come upon themunawares. A shot was fired into these woods by Warrens ( 328 )
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SIGNALING ORDERS FROM GENERAL MEADES HEADQUARTERS, JUST BEFORE THE WILDERNESS In April, 18(>4, General Meades headquarters lay north of the Rapidan. The Signal Corps was kept busytransmitting the orders preliminary to the Wilderness campaign, which was to begin May 5th. The head-quarters are below the brow of the hill. A most important part of the Signal Corps duty was the inter-ception and translation of messages interchanged between the Confederate signal-men. A veteran ofSheridans army tells of his impressions as follows: On the evening of the 18th of October, 1864, the sol-diers of Sheridans army lay in their lines at Cedar Creek. Our attention was suddenly directed to theridge of Massanutten, or Three Top Mountain, the slope of which covered the left wing of the army—theEighth Corps. A lively series of signals was being flashed out from the peak, and it was evident that mes-sages were being sent both eastward and westward of the ridge. I can recall now the feeling with which

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