Signal Point - Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
N 35° 07.237 W 085° 21.984
16S E 648856 N 3887640
This overlook on Signal Mountain was used for a signal station and for observing troop movements during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM26HP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2007
Views: 43
This text is from the information posted by the NPS at the overlook:
"With flags and torches, signalmen passed the word"
When Confederate forces laid siege to Chattanooga in late September 1963, they cut off telegraph lines leading into the city. The federals, in order to move messages from Chattanooga to their supply base in Bridgport, Alabama, established a series of signal stations. One of those stations was here at Signal Point.
Messages relayed here from Bridgport were flashed to Stringers Ridge (upriver to you left) and then on to Cameron Hill in the city. By this means, the Federals recieved news of reinforcements and supplies coming to their relief. When the siege was broken in late October, the signal stations diminished in importance.
The U.S. Army Signal Corps, established during the Civil War, operated the stations. Signals were sent by waving square flags or torches. Flag-waving patterns represented numbers. By using secret codees, number combinations could be translated inot letters to form words. Observers used telescopes and binoculars for long-range viewing.
State/States the Park is located...: Tennessee/Georgia
Park Designation: Battlefield/Military Park
Times the Visitors Center (or Park) is Open....: From: 9:08 AM To: 7:30 PM
Months the Visitors Center/Park is open...: From: 01/01/2016 To: 12/31/2016
Website From the National Parks Service Page of this Waymark...: [Web Link]
SECONDARY website.: http://ngeorgia.com/tenn/signal.html
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