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Wade Hampton (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
by C. A. Gaston, Lee's confidential operator. Gaston entered the Union lines near City Point, while Richmond and Petersburg were besieged, with several men to keep watch for him, and for six weeks he remained undisturbed in the woods, reading all messages which passed over Grant's wire. Though unable to read the ciphers, he gained much from the despatches in plain text. One message reported that 2,586 beeves were to be landed at Coggins' Point on a certain day. This information enabled Wade Hampton to make a timely raid and capture the entire herd. It seems astounding that Grant, Sherman, Thomas, and Meade, commanding armies of hundreds of thousands and working out the destiny of the Republic, should have been debarred from the control of their own ciphers and the keys thereto. Yet, in 1864, the Secretary of War issued an order forbidding commanding generals to interfere with even their own cipher-operators and absolutely restricting the use of cipher-books to civilian telegraph
Island Number Ten (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
the corps under Captain (later Colonel) William Norris. Attached to the Adjutant-General's Department, under the act of April 19, 1862, the corps consisted of one major, ten each of captains, first and second lieutenants, and twenty sergeants, the field-force being supplemented by details from the line of the army. Signaling, telegraphy, and secret-service work were all done by the corps, which proved to be a potent factor in the efficient operations of the various armies. It was at Island No.10; it was active with Early in the Valley; it was with Kirby Smith in the Trans-Mississippi, and aided Sidney Johnston at Shiloh. It kept pace with wondrous Stonewall Jackson in the Valley, withdrew defiantly with Johnston toward Atlanta, and followed impetuous Hood in the Nashville campaign. It served ably in the trenches of beleaguered Vicksburg, and clung fast to the dismantled battlements of Fort Sumter. Jackson clamored for it until Lee gave a corps to him, Jackson saying, The enem
Williamsport (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
of Maryland was discovered The signal officer is on outlook duty near the Point of Rocks station, in Maryland. This station was opened and operated by First-Lieutenant John H. Fralick for purposes of observation. It completely dominated Pleasant Valley. On the twelfth of the month Fralick had detected and reported General J. E. B. Stuart's raiding cavalry crossing the Potomac on their way back from Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Confederate cavalry leader had crossed the Potomac at Williamsport on the 10th of October, ridden completely around the rear of the Army of the Potomac, and eluded the vigorous pursuit of General Pleasonton and his Union cavalry. Within twenty hours he had marched sixty-five miles and kept up his artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin R. Biles, with the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, opposed Stuart's crossing at Monocacy Ford, but was unable to detain him. This was one of the combination of events which finally cost McClellan the command of the Army of the Po
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 16
red constantly from strife and dissension in Washington, its misfortunes culminating in the arbitrarnt of the army aphorism that one campaign in Washington is worth two in the field. More than two thnd good-fellowship that was often lacking in Washington. Skilled parties were thus available for heridan was then at Front Royal, en route to Washington. The message was handed to General Wright, ed. The first lines were constructed around Washington and to Alexandria, Virginia, in May. On theritten out for sending is as follows: Washington, D. C.July15th18603for SighmanCammeronperiodIw. The message was sent as follows: Washington, D. C., July 15, 1863. A. H. Caldwell, Cipher-Myer had already made similar suggestions in Washington, without success. While the commercial comp influence and corps rivalries so rampant in Washington, there existed a spirit of patriotic solidare on Richmond and with the War Department at Washington. For the last two or three weeks of his lif[6 more...]
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
messages thus enciphered was almost absolutely ensured. In every important campaign and on every bloody ground, the red flags of the Signal Corps flaunted defiantly at the forefront, speeding stirring orders of advance, conveying warnings of impending danger, and sending sullen suggestions of defeat. They were seen on the advanced lines of Yorktown, Petersburg, and Richmond, in the saps and trenches at Charleston, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson, at the fierce battles of Chickamauga and Chancellorsville, before the fort-crowned crest of Fredericksburg, amid the frightful carnage of Antietam, on Kenesaw Mountain deciding the fate of Allatoona, in Sherman's march to the sea, and with Grant's victorious army at Appomattox and Richmond. They spoke silently to Du Pont along the dunes and sounds of the Carolinas, sent word to Porter clearing the central Mississippi River, and aided Farragut when forcing the passage of Mobile Bay. Did a non-combatant corps ever before suffer such dispropo
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
advance upon his base at Dalton, Georgia, at which point supplies arrived from Atlanta. Grant, about the middle of November, 1863, advanced with 80,000 men for the ious commands, of wagon trains, and railroad cars. Hood's gallant sortie from Atlanta was detected at its very start, and despite the severity of the fight, during rous Stonewall Jackson in the Valley, withdrew defiantly with Johnston toward Atlanta, and followed impetuous Hood in the Nashville campaign. It served ably in theCivil War, also rendered efficient service as chief operator to Thomas, and at Atlanta. The members of the group are, from left to right: 1, Dennis Doren, SuperinteCivil War, also rendered efficient service as chief operator to Thomas, and at Atlanta. It is regrettable that such men were denied the glory and benefits of a mili transferred its field-trains to the civilian bureau. In Sherman's advance on Atlanta, Van Duzer distinguished himself by bringing up the field-line from the rear n
Petersburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
er's headquarters. Finding himself on the fight- Headquarters field-telegraph party at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864 A battery-wagon in action; the operator has opened his office and is worried orders and urgent appeals were sent. At dawn of March 25, 1865, General Gordon carried Fort Stedman with desperate gallantry and cut the wire to City Point. The Federals speedily sent the message of disaster: The enemy has broken our right, taken Stedman, and are moving on City Point. Assuming command, General Parke ordered a counter-attack and recaptured the fort. The City Point wire wrried orders and urgent appeals were sent. At dawn of March 25, 1865, General Gordon carried Fort Stedman with desperate gallantry, and cut the wire to City Point. The Federals speedily sent the message of disaster, The enemy has broken our right, taken Stedman, and are moving on City Point. Assuming command, General Parke ordered a counter-attack and recaptured the fort. Promptly the City P
Rappahannock (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
n, coigns of vantage were occupied in high trees and on lofty towers, whence messages were sent to and fro, especially those containing information of the position and movements of the foe, which were discerned by high-power telescopes—an important duty not always known or Signal Corps reconnoitering at Fredericksburg, Virginia From December 11 to 13, 1862, four signal stations were engaged in observing and reporting the operations of the Confederates on the south side of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg. The flag station at headquarters kept General Burnside in constant touch with the Federal attacking force on the right, under Couch and Hooker, through their signalmen in the courthouse steeple. This is prominent in the center of the lower photograph. One station near a field hospital came under a fire that killed about twenty men and wounded many others nearby. Finally the surgeons requested a suspension of flagging, that the lives of the wounded might be spared
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
is photograph, taken at Wilcox Landing, near City Point, gives an excellent idea of the difficulties our right, taken Stedman, and are moving on City Point. Assuming command, General Parke ordered a is last days—military telegraph operators at City Point. 1864 When Lincoln went to City Point at City Point at the request of General Grant, March 23, 1865, Grant directed his cipher operator to report to the Pr only cer- Military telegraph operators at City Point, August, 1864 The men in this photograph,cipher operator who accompanied Lincoln from City Point on his visit to Richmond April 4, 1865. In to the telegraph office, upon his return to City Point. Beckwith found a number of cipher messageserator. Gaston entered the Union lines near City Point, while Richmond and Petersburg were besiegedith desperate gallantry, and cut the wire to City Point. The Federals speedily sent the message of our right, taken Stedman, and are moving on City Point. Assuming command, General Parke ordered a [1 more...]
York (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
e woods be shelled was thoroughly carried out. This photograph shows the location of Union Battery No. 1 on the left, in the peach-orchard, at Yorktown, and the York River lies at hand, to the right of the house. A lookout on the roof of Farenholt's house, Yorktown Army and navy These quarters were established near H command, opened a local station on the famous Berkely mansion. The Signal Corps had proved indispensable to the success of McClellan in changing his base from York River to James River. When the vigorous Confederate attack at Malvern Hill threatened the rout of the army, McClellan was aboard the gunboat Galena, whose army signa, in reconnoitering and in cooperation with the military telegraph service, it proved to be indispensable to the success of Mc-Clellan in changing his base from York River to James River —its importance culminating at Malvern Hill. It will be recalled that the Seven Days Battles ended with the bloody struggle on the banks of the
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