Collection Name: Henry P. Moore Civil War Photograph Collection, 1862-1863
Title: Signal Corps Group Hilton Head, 1862 March 1
Creator: Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911
Creator Role: Photographer
Accession / Call Number: S 1992.502
Object ID: S 1992.502.215
Type of Material: graphic material
Physical Description: 1 black and white photograph
Language: English
Scope and Content: Photographic print of the Signal Corps Group, tasked with sending messages via a code that used flags or torches to distant troops, in front of a tent at Hilton Head, SC, taken by Henry P. Moore on March 1, 1862. A sign on the tent identifies the soldiers as Thomas Armstrong, Samuel Reed, Frank Eberly, William Elston, John Stam, and John Hudgen.
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865,
Soldiers,
Military camps
Locations: Hilton Head, SC
People:
Armstrong, Thomas,
Reed, Samuel,
Eberly, Frank,
Elston, William,
Stam, John,
Hudgen, John,
Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911
Organizations:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
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Credit Line: New Hampshire Historical Society collection.
Restrictions: Available for research.
Level Description: Item
Box Number: 2