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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), List of names of officers of the Signal Corps, Confederate States army. (search)
. Bankhead, S. O., A. & I. G. O., May 20, 1863. 2. P. D. Bester, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 23, 1863. 3. P. A. H. Brown, S. O., A. & I. G. O., September 9, 1864. 4. Mason M. Burrows, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862. 5. E. S. Gregory, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 23, 1863. 6. Joseph K. Irving, S. O., A. & 1. G. O., October 28, 1862. 7. A. W. Pearce, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 21, 1862. 8. Junius L. Powell, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862. 9. J. B. Smith, S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 4, 1863. 10. H. A. Tutwiler, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 16, 1863. 11. N. J. Watkins, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862. Memorandum of officers of the Signal Corps of the Confederate States Provisional army, appointed under act of the Confederate Congress of September 27, 1862, providing for the appointment of one major, ten first and ten second lieutenants, and twenty additional sergeants: Major. William Norris, S. O., A. & I. G. O., Octob
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Signal Corps in the Confederate States army. (search)
ittsburg landing) as doing active staff duty. After the battle, seventeen men were detailed to be instructed for duty in the Signal Corps; but as glasses were scarce, and all the country between Corinth and the Tennessee river was heavily wooded, the men were mounted and served chiefly as scouts and couriers while their instruction was going on and until sent elsewhere. Among those detailed at this time was Carlo Patti, a private of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Tennessee infantry—Colonel Smith. He quickly learned his duties and was zealous in their performance. When not employed with his flags and spy-glass, he was incessantly playing his violin. He was once sent as lance sergeant in charge of a squad of prisoners to Mobile, and it was amusing to see the care and watchfulness he displayed in authority. It would have broken his heart had one of his prisoners escaped. To finish with Carlo: He remained with the signal corps until captured off Havanna in a blockade runner in