The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg – Antique Print
![The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg, [1862 December 13] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/70/705985b09599-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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This rare historic drawing captures The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg
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A pencil and Chinese white drawing on tan paper, dated December 13, 1862, shows a signal telegraph train at work during the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle was fought along the Rappahannock River in Virginia, and on that day Union troops under Ambrose Burnside launched repeated assaults against Confederate positions on the heights behind the town, all of which failed with heavy losses. Field telegraph wagons like this one allowed commanders to relay orders and reports quickly between headquarters and the front, a capability that was still new in warfare. The drawing is a useful record of how the Signal Corps moved its equipment across rough ground during the campaign.
| Created / published | [1862 December 13] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 19.9 x 31.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Signal Corps--1860-1870. Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Carts & wagons--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 | 1,460 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219168 |
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