A Member of
The
The Ohio Valley Civil War Association
and an
attachment of our parent unit, the
19th US INFANTRY
"Preserve--Honor--Educate"
Civil War Signal Corps Detail
with
sponsorship by the
Signal Corps Regimental Association
"The ONLY living history Flying Telegraph unit"
With the
Signal Corps Museum
located at
Fort Gordon, Georgia.
The staff and museums at Gettysburg, Manassas, Stones River and Kennesaw Mountain.
And with details from
Battery C 1st Ohio Light Artillery, the 35th Ohio VI, the 19th Us Infantry, and Birge's Western Sharpshooters
as well as the "women of the Civil War" who portray some of the women members of the USMT and the many civilian operators common
during the Civil War.
See us at Gettysburg at the Pennsylvania Monument and Little Round Top
the third weekend of October, 2009.
In 2008 there will/have been/be three premier signal events:
Signal Camp of Instruction at Fort McAllister, Georgia, March 8th and
9th 2008 at the Fort McAllister State Park. THIS WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
WITH WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM THE PARK STAFF. Groups wishing to participate in a possible 2009 Camp of Instruction should contact
Danny at the park. While we were there Danny found a Union breastplate and a 32 pound cannon ball.
This site is truly of the great ones to work on and with. IT IS VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The bombproof quarters must be seen. Amazing. The
OVCWA will be conducting a Camp of Instruction spring of 2010 at the fort.
Signal Camp of Instruction at Stones River Battlefield May 3rd and 4th, 2008: This was
in conjunction with the staff and volunteers of:
Stones River National Battlefield, and the
35th Indiana. This is on again for this year (2009).
Some photos of the Stones River School of Instruction and other activities can be seen here.
All of the Camps of Instruction are open to the public for viewing and will also include the Infantry, both volunteer and Regular, the
Sharpshooters, Artillery, medical and Ladies of the Civil War presentations and living history.
We added a Camp of Instruction at the General Lew Wallace study and museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
This was July 12th and 13th and was well received by the students and the public. The next Camp of Instruction at the Lew Wallace Museum will be: July 11-12, 2009.
Another Camp of Instruction has been conducted at Stones River NBF the first weekend of October, 2008. This coincided with the delivery of
the Beardslee equipment to the Stones River NBF interactive program for both Stones River and Fort Rosecrans. A full weekend of training was done
and the volunteer staff of Stones River NBF and Kennesaw NBF now have the Flying Telegraph. They are also very good flagmen. Do stop by Stones River
if and when you get a chance. The next Camp of Instruction at Stone River will be: May 2-3, 2009. Check with the Stone River NBF for Fort Rosecran's and
Stone River Signal and Telegraph weekend demonstrations. They will be frequent.
OVCWA RECEIVES THE GENERAL'S MEDAL
FROM
MAJOR GENERAL Dennis E. Lutz
Commander, 335th Theater Signal Command
AT THE TALL STACKS GATHERING OF THE STEAMBOATS AT NEWPORT, KENTUCKY
(We will most likely be at the next one).
FOR
"AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SIGNAL CORPS"
WE THANK GENERAL LUTZ AND WISH HIM AND HIS TROOPS WELL.
Medal presented to Christine E. Bock who taught and demonstrated for the General.
The Beardslee sets, Morse telegraph stations, flags and turpentine torches were a great success on the Ohio River at the
Tall Stacks five day
Signal Corps demonstration as part of the OVCWA living history participation in this grand and special gathering of the
Ohio River Tall Stacks in October.
THE OVCWA RECEIVES MEDALS FROM THE CHIEF OF SIGNAL AND THE COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE SIGNAL REGIMENT
August 2007
FROM
BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY W. FOLEY
FROM
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR MICHAEL A. TERRY
The Beardslee Dial Telegraph has returned from it's very successful display at the
Manassas Museum System. Our thanks to
Roxanna for her kind help and assistance. The OVCWA donated a Signal Corps canteen and Marine Glasses to the museum to add to the
George Round artifact and telescope exhibit. The OVCWA has also donated signal items to include additional Signal Corps canteens to the
Stones River and Kennesaw Mountain museums. Donations of Signal Corps artifacts and documents including the
Albert Myer signed manual of signals that was presented to General Philip Sheridan who also autographed the manual
and a Signal Canteen continue to be made to
the Signal Corps Museum located at Fort Gordon, Georgia. These donations are a grateful thank-you to those institutions for their support
of the OVCWA Signal Corps and their most generous access to their extensive collections and documents.
The Ohio Valley Civil War Association had the honor of being filmed for the Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum's
new interactive signal exhibit. Members of Battery C 1st Ohio Light Artillery, the 35th Ohio VI, the 19th Us Infantry, and Birge's Western Sharpshooters
detailed to the
Signal Corps to provide signaling footage from Little Round Top. Our thanks to the Gettysburg staff for selecting the Ohio Valley Civil War Association to
represent the Signal Corps in their exhibit. See our folks teach the use of the signal flags from Little Round Top when you visit the
new Gettysburg museum.
The Civil War Signal Corps is a subject of which little has been known by the public. This is even more the case with
the "Flying Telegraph", "Signal Telegraph", "Field Telegraph", "Beardslee telegraph","Coffee Grinder Telegraph",
or the civilian controlled and operated United States Military Telegraph. Taken together,
these represent much of what was the communication technology of the American Civil War.
The Ohio Valley Civil War Association (Civil War Signal Corps Detachment) continues to develop this suite of sites
on these aspects of the technology of the Civil War to provide the necessary knowledge and
training for it's members who portray, often in addition to the Civil War Signal Corps and military telegraph functions,
regular infantry, volunteer infantry, artillery, calvary,
sanitary commission, medical
U.S. Army signal officers, flag operators, torch operators, Beardslee telegraph operators, Morse male and female telegraphers,
linemen, mess sergeants,
and sharpshooters. Anyone interested in any of these Civil War
activities are invited to contact on the OVCWA links or to the OVCWA.
The direct telegraph (USMT) contact for OVCWA in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky is Ted Wagner.
Your general
contact for U.S. Army Civil War Signal Corps and Military Telegraph (USMT) operations is Dave Bock.
Notice: to become a Signalman, you must first qualify in
Artillery or Infantry and then pass the School of Instruction course.
"Soldiers First."
Training is always available.
For U.S Signal Corps Beardslee operations
in and around northern Georgia and through the south, contact the U.S. Signal Corps
Museum, Kennesaw Mountain NBF or Stones River (Jim Lewis) NBF.
This was July 12th and 13th and was well received by the students and the public. The next Camp of Instruction at the Lew Wallace Museum will be: July 11-12, 2009.
Another Camp of Instruction has been conducted at Stones River NBF the first weekend of October, 2008. This coincided with the delivery of the Beardslee equipment to the Stones River NBF interactive program for both Stones River and Fort Rosecrans. A full weekend of training was done and the volunteer staff of Stones River NBF and Kennesaw NBF now have the Flying Telegraph. They are also very good flagmen. Do stop by Stones River if and when you get a chance. The next Camp of Instruction at Stone River will be: May 2-3, 2009. Check with the Stone River NBF for Fort Rosecran's and Stone River Signal and Telegraph weekend demonstrations. They will be frequent.
 Beardslee Flying Telegraph OVCWA |
 Signal Corps Flags/Torches OVCWA |
 U.S. Military Telegraph OVCWA |
 Represenative Event Reviews OVCWA |
 Signal Corps Museum Fort Gordon |
Very large (14 meg) MPG file
Sons of Union Veterans
SUV
Eleven of our Signal Corps Living Historians are members of the Signal Corps Regimental Association which can be visited
HERE.
Crossroads Village, Flint, Michigan historic first:
Four Civil War Signal Corps Beardslee Telegraph sets on line. Drop by Ed Corley's
photo gallery--2002/2003/2004
and see this first.
"Our" folks do not just flap Signal Corps flags and swing torches, click military telegraph keys and sounders or spin Beardslee dials.
See another side of our group's activities .
Or just "laying back" at Bardstown.
The Civil War Signal Corps Beardslee Signal Telegraph at Perryville was a success.
First National Civil War Signal Corps reenactment for the Beardslee telegraph--3rd Corps with Division headquarters.
Great time with the
York Signal Corps Signal Detachment (Confederate and Union) at Gettysburg Civil War Signal Corps living history seminar at the Pennsylvania Monument. The A&E film team was there as was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
team taking photos for the background of a future concert. The York Detachment was a big help on Little Round Top. They are
very good at signal and we were very pleased to have them. See their Little
Round Top signaling video. You might, if you are in New York, consider them if you are looking
for a Civil War Signal Corps unit.
Coming: The Civil Signal Corps War Chester Dial Telegraph used in 1862 in the Pennsular Campaign.
Engineering is underway--money remains an issue!.
External Links of Note, some with Notes
The Civil War Signal Corps and United States Military Telegraph drawings, backgrounds and artwork used in these sites are the original work of Margaret Grayvold of Bock and Wall Internet Marketing.
The Cashtown Inn, our favorite place to visit near Gettysburg
A Bock&Wall Internet Marketing LLC sponsored site
Webmasters for www.civilwarsignal.org,
www.unitedstatesmilitarytelegraph.org and www.beardsleetelegraph.org are Dave Bock, Ted Wagner,Dave Harbin and,Ken Dombroski
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