The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

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.

In 1900, the Signal Corps began building the Washington ... be placed in the region to combat the emerging Cold War threat. The Signal Corps maintained responsibility for the system, renamed ...