. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . h. MAP-MAKIXG FROM PULPIT ROCK, LOOKOUT MOlXTAIN The tripod signal intlio background waserected Ijy CaptainsDorr and Dorm, oi^ tlieUnited States CoastSurvey, in the triangu-lar survey of the triplebattlefield for makingthe official maps. Inthe West, the opera-tions of the Federalengineers shed lusteron their corps. Seven-teen field and sub-altern officers servedconstantly in the West-em Federal armies;and though they hadno regidar engineertroops under them, thevolunteers who re-ceived training from. these officers provedtheir worth
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . h. MAP-MAKIXG FROM PULPIT ROCK, LOOKOUT MOlXTAIN The tripod signal intlio background waserected Ijy CaptainsDorr and Dorm, oi^ tlieUnited States CoastSurvey, in the triangu-lar survey of the triplebattlefield for makingthe official maps. Inthe West, the opera-tions of the Federalengineers shed lusteron their corps. Seven-teen field and sub-altern officers servedconstantly in the West-em Federal armies;and though they hadno regidar engineertroops under them, thevolunteers who re-ceived training from. these officers provedtheir worth. The armyunder Sherman hadwith it nine able en-giiiccTS under CaplainO. M. Poe, uniliTwhose supervision an\iniber of the photo-graplis which are re-produced in this workwere taken. He forti-fied many strategicpoints, made surveysand issued maps, re-connoitered the posi-tions of the enemy, andmanaged the pontoon-bridge service. Cap-tain Poe was a trainedengineer officer, a grad-uate of West was commissionedas brigadier-general ofvolunteers and brevet-ted brigadier-generalof the regular army. A TRIPOD FOR SITIVEYING THE BATTLEFIELD
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