Signal Corps in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Signal Corps in the American Civil War


00:01:13 1 U.S. Army (Union) Signal Corps
00:01:18 1.1 First chief signal officer
00:04:51 1.2 War organization
00:10:55 2 Confederate Signal Corps
00:13:30 3 Signal equipment and techniques
00:13:40 3.1 Wig-wag signaling
00:15:56 3.2 Telegraph train and the Beardslee telegraph
00:18:43 3.3 Ciphers
00:19:57 4 Signal contributions to battles and campaigns
00:20:08 4.1 First Bull Run
00:21:15 4.2 Fredericksburg
00:21:54 4.3 Chancellorsville
00:24:07 4.4 Gettysburg
00:25:38 5 See also



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The Signal Corps in the American Civil War comprised two organizations: the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J. Myer as its first signal officer just before the war and remains an entity to this day, and the Confederate States Army Signal Corps, a much smaller group of officers and men, using similar organizations and techniques as their Union opponents. Both accomplished tactical and strategic communications for the warring armies, including electromagnetic telegraphy and aerial telegraphy ("wig-wag" signaling). Although both services had an implicit mission of battlefield observation, intelligence gathering, and artillery fire direction from their elevated signal stations, the Confederate Signal Corps also included an explicit espionage function.
The Union Signal Corps, although effective on the battlefield, suffered from political disputes in Washington, D.C., particularly in its rivalry with the civilian-led U.S. Military Telegraph Corps. Myer was relieved of his duties as chief signal officer by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton for his attempts to control all electromagnetic telegraphy within the Signal Corps. He was not restored to his role as chief signal officer until after the war.