Service with the Signal Corps

"This book provides very informative and fascinating insight into the experiences of a Signal Corps officer of the Union Army.” —Steven J. Rausch, U.S. Army Signal Corps historian In 1854 an assistant surgeon named Albert J. Myer entered the Union Army and created a system of transmitting information that would revolutionize military communications. His flag-and-torch system led to the formation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Major Myer selected only educated men for this new arm of the military