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Lot 321

[CIVIL WAR] Signal Corps & Telegraph History First Editions

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A group of two works related to the Signal Corps and telegraph systems used in the Civil War, including:

1. William R. Plum. The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882.

2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Original red-brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. Nevins I: 13; Nicholson, p. 652.

Considered one of the complete and informative sources on Civil War telegraphy. Nevins writes: "stresses the role of the telegraph in each campaign; includes much information on operators, plus a section on cryptography."

2. J. Willard Brown. The Signal Corps, U.S.A. in the War of the Rebellion. Boston: U.S. Veteran Signal Corps Association, 1896.

8vo. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Original brick red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Nicholson, p. 110-111.

A scarce history of the Signal Corps by a veteran of the Corps. Formed shortly before the War began, the Corps made use of electromagnetic telegraphy and aerial telegraphy, also called "wig-wag" signaling. Though effective on the battlefield, the Corps came at odds with the civilian-led U.S. Military Telegraph Corps.

RARE, only two copies have sold at auction since 1960.

An excellent grouping related to army communications and technological developments during the Civil War.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate][Books, Bibles, Soldier's Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets]

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Title and frontispiece loose in vol. I of Military Telegraph.

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[CIVIL WAR] Signal Corps & Telegraph History First Editions

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