Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg – Antique Wall Art
![Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg, [1862 ca. December] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/52/5270a7d853d5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg, a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg
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A small pencil and Chinese white drawing on tan paper, this sheet shows a signal telegraph machine and its operator at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and dates to about December 1862. That was the month of the battle there, when the Union army faced Confederate lines across the Rappahannock River. The Army Signal Corps, formed in 1860 under Albert J. Myer, used flags and telegraph wire to pass orders across the field, and the drawing offers a close look at the equipment and the person running it.
| Created / published | [1862 ca. December] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 14.2 x 12.1 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Signal Corps--1860-1870. Telegraph--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications.United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,155 × 1,461 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216396 |
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