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As a former signal soldier and an avid Civil War history buff, this site hits right home.. very interesting read on the history of the Signal Corps as well as detailed areas on signal subject areas.http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/signal/signalpages/standen.html
Interesting. I didn't know about this. There's also a neat animation for illustrative purposes:http://www.civilwarsignals.org/lessons/flash/flashflagpage.html
It is interesting to keep the signal corps in mind when driving through the Shenandoah Valley. Many contemporary accounts of Jackson's Valley campaigns refer to “Wig-Wag” stations — these were signal stations on prominent points up and down the valley where signalmen would “wig-wag” their flags to send messages of Union troop movements. Even the prominent peak above the Cedar Creek battlefield is still known as “signal knob”.
