Service with the Signal Corps : The Civil War Memoir of Captain Louis R. Fortescue /

During the Civil War Major Albert J. Myer created a system for transmitting information the would revolutionize military communications and lead to the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The Signal Corps originally met with resistance, particularly from high-ranking Regular Army officers, but t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fortescue, Louis R., 1838-1915
Otros Autores: Acken, J. Gregory (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Fortescue, Louis R., > 1838-1915.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps.
États-Unis. > Army. > Signal corps > Biographies.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps > Biography.
Communications, Military.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Communications.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Signal Service on the Upper Potomac: August 25-December 31, 1861
  • Harpers Ferry, Kernstown, and the Shenandoah Valley: January I-April 28,1862
  • Cedar Mountain: July 17-August 16, 1862
  • Second Manassas and the Siege of Harpers Ferry: August 19-September 6, 1862
  • The Campaign and Battle of Antietam: September 7-October 7, 1862
  • From McClellan to Burnside: October 8-December 7, 1862
  • Fredericksburg: December 3-31, 1862
  • Winter on the Rappahannock: January I-March 27, 1863
  • The Chancellorsville Campaign: April 5-June 17, 1863
  • The Gettysburg Campaign and Capture: June 18-July 18, 1863

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