Elk Mountain Signal Station - September, 1862.
Photographer Timothy O'Sullivan.
A Communicator's Guide To the Gettysburg Campaign
By Bill Cameron
Bill Cameron is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and lives in Lufkin, Texas.
He is a Vietnam and Gulf War veteran, and commanded signal soldiers at
every level from company to brigade. His last assignment was as commander
of the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. He
received his BS from Arkansas Tech University and his MA from Western Michigan
University. He is currently employed as the technology coordinator for
his local school district. Bill has been interested in the Civil War and
the Signal Corps for many years. He has written four articles for Gettysburg
Magazine and is currently working on an article about the 118th Penn. at
Gettysburg. Bill is an active member of the Gettysburg Discussion Group.
The author gratefully acknowledges the encouragement and assistance of
Dennis Lawrence who spent a lot of time and energy scanning, editing and
reformatting this paper. He has breathed new life into an old paper and
has made it accessible to the Gettysburg Discussion Group and all interested
individuals visiting the Lawrence brothers' excellent web site.
