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Title	Civil War Wig-wag Ground Signal Flag
Subject	ceremonial artifact communication artifact textile---cotton Civil War, 1861-1865
Time Period	1860s
Place	United States; Confederate States of America
Description	This cotton square flag has a white field with a red square charge. Army surgeon Albert J. Myer standardized signal communication with his early 1860s publication "A Manual of Signals For The Use of Signal Officers In The Field". The Myer Wig-wag system and associated codes were used by both Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Soldiers received signal kits containing three flags of this design in differing sizes: 2x2, 4x4, 6x6 ft. Among other tools in these kits, there also were two other signal flags; a 4x4 black field with a white square, and a 4x4 red field with a white square. Sequences of three basic movements (right motion, left motion, and front) comprised Myer's communication system. Wig-wag became the first Union Navy Joint Signal Code (between the Union Army and Navy) until the turn of the century. Artifact acquired between 1900 and 1950.
Date of Original	ca 1864
Source	H65425
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	index.cpd
Image Height	Not Available
Image Width	Not Available
Format	picture; historical object; flag

Title	H65425_001
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	H65425_001.tif
Image Height	1932
Image Width	1868
File Size	607.635 KB
Format	picture

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