Following the American Civil War, the U.S. Veterans Signal Association evolved from the original Signal Corps, which was established under Maj. Albert James Myer of the U.S. Army. Maj. Myer developed ...

I was the writer/director of Death and the Civil War: two-hour documentary ... including the letter of a private in the signal corps, James Montgomery, whose letter-- dying letter -- to his ...

Born on March 27, 1844 in Newburyport, MA, he joined the United States Army at the age of 17 during the American Civil War. In 1867, he joined the U.S. Signal Corps after being promoted to Lieutenant.