. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . SIGNALING ORDERS FROM GENERAL MEADES HEADQUARTERS, JUST BEFORE THE WILDERNESS In April, 1864, 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-m
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . SIGNALING ORDERS FROM GENERAL MEADES HEADQUARTERS, JUST BEFORE THE WILDERNESS In April, 1864, 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 whichwe l
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