Manassas, Virginia

Signal Hill – Where The Wigflag Signal System Was Used In Warfare For The First Time

Hamilton Historical Records

During the First Battle of Manassas, Confederate soldiers utilized telescopes to observe Union troop movements. At Signal Hill, within Manassas, Virginia, the Wigflag Signal System was utilized for the first time by Confederate soldiers.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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