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    The Signal Corps in the American Civil War comprised two organizations: the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J...
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    single time, in the Civil War Signal Corps. Myer's Civil War innovations included an unsuccessful balloon experiment at First Bull Run, and, in response to...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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    communications. The Federal Signal Corps was in its infancy during the Civil War. Major Albert J. Myer was appointed the first signal chief in 1860; his organization...
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    Albert J. Myer (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
    the father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as its first chief signal officer just prior to the American Civil War, the inventor of wig-wag signaling (or...
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  • facilities. In the Second World War era, the corps badge consisted of a circle, with a Tudor Crown on top with the text Royal Canadian Corps of Signals around...
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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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  • The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war...
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  • administrative corps (or mustering) – that is a specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, an armoured corps, a signal corps, a medical...
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  • to both sides in the field during the American Civil War. Units of spies and scouts reported directly to the commanders of armies in the field, providing...
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    For example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to the when Superintendent...
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    The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox...
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    The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland...
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    During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to...
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    The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The...
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    A civil war between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary...
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    ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with...
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    U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War. The states are South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida...
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    The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra...
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  • Selma, Alabama, during the American Civil War was one of the South's main military manufacturing centers, producing tons of supplies and munitions, and...
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    The Syrian civil war (Arabic: ٱلْحَرْبُ ٱلْأَهْلِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-sūrīyah) is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in...
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    Augusta, Georgia in October 1941. It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of...
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  • The international response to the Spanish Civil War included many non-Spaniards participating in combat and advisory positions. The governments of Italy...
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    Officer of the US Army in command of the Signal Corps. Wigwag was used extensively by both sides in the American Civil War, where it was an essential adjunct...
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    The American Civil War was the most widely covered conflict of the 19th century. The images would provide posterity with a comprehensive visual record...
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    A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region...
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  • armed groups within the same state or country. The terms "intrastate conflict", "internecine conflict", "internal conflict" and "civil war" are often used...
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  • the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Some of the organizations were under the direction of the Confederate government, others...
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    The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military...
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    the Signal Corps dates its existence from 21 June 1860, when Congress authorized the appointment of one signal officer in the army, and a War Department...
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