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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Signal Corps in the Confederate States army. (search)
otion and energy. Actual experience alone, however, must prove their credibility. From the first of April to the last of September, continues Colonel Norris on another head, we placed files of Baltimore papers, published one morning, in the hands of the President next evening. New York papers, of course, a day later. Colonel Norris gives the history of the secret service branch of the Signal Corps in the following words: In the fall of 1862 the necessity of having points on the Potomac river, at which Government agents and army scouts might promptly and without delay cross to and from the United States, was so seriously appreciated that the Secretary of War suggested the propriety of establishing one or more camps in King George and Westmoreland counties, with an especial eye to such transportation. The idea was immediately acted upon. In a short time the additional duties were assigned to these stations—first, of observing and reporting all movements of troops, etc., on t