Skilled Union signal parties were available for the
Peninsular campaign of 1862, where they rendered invaluable service to
McClellan.
Work strictly for the army was supplemented by placing signal officers with the navy, and thus ensuring that cooperation so vitally essential to success.
The victory of
Franklin's command at
West Point, after the evacuation of
Yorktown, was largely due to the efficiency of the Signal Corps.
Vigorously attacked by an unknown force,
Franklin ordered his signal officer to call up the fleet just appearing down the river.
A keen-sighted signal officer was alert on the gunboat, and in a few minutes
Franklin's request that the 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.
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A lookout on the roof of Farenholt's house, Yorktown |
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