Memo, O. S. Albright for Ch Signal Ofcr, 4 Jan 1919, sub: Personal Historical Data, binder “Volume III, Copy No. IV,” box 43, Rpts, Summs, Photographs, and Charts Relating to the History of the Signal ...
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.