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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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irects that yon move forward and joinSmiths division with your entire command, using cars if tobe had, and burn provisions rather than lose them. GeneralVandever. At the same time a message was sent to Alla-toona: Sherman is moving with force. Hold out. Andagain: Hold on. General Sherman says he is working hardfor yon. Sherman was at Kenesaw all day, October 5th, havinglearned of the arrival of Corse that morning, and anxiouslywatched the progress of the battle. That afternoon came adespatch from Allatoona, sent during the engagement: Weare all right so far. General Corse is wounded. Next morn-ing Dayton, Shermans assistant adjutant-general, asked howCorse was and he answered, I am short a cheekbone and oneear, but am able to whip all h—1 yet. That the fight was des-perate is shown by Corses losses, seven hundred and five killedand wounded, and two hundred cajjtnred, out of an effectiveforce of about fifteen hundred. An unusual application of signal stores was made at the ( 332 1 Si
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COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. COLONEL BENJAMIN F. FISHER AND HIS ASSISTANTS AT SIGNAL CORPS HEAD-QUARTERS, WASHINGTON Although authorized as a separate corps by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, the Signal Corpsdid not complete its organization until August, 1864. More than two thousand signal-men served at thefront, of whom only nine were commissioned in the new corps, while seventeen officers were appointedfrom civil life. Colonel A. J. Myer, the inventor and organizer of the service, had his commission vacatedin July, 1864. On December 26th of that year Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher was placed in command of theSignal Corps, but his appointment was never confirmed by the Senate. Note the curious wording of thesign by the door: Office of the Signal Officer of the Army, as if there were but one. That a corps soharassed should constantly distinguish itself in the field is one of the many marvels of American patriotism.

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