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Lieutenants and light : mapping the US Army heliograph networks in late nineteenth-century Arizona and New Mexico / Robert E. C. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Robert E. C., 1961- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Communication systems--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Heliograph--History.
- Heliograph.
- Military bases--Arizona--History--19th century.
- Military bases.
- Military bases--New Mexico--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Arizona.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- Mapping the US Army heliograph networks in late nineteenth-century Arizona and New Mexico
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Heliographs, command and control, and mapping
- The 1882 system
- Fort Bowie
- Fort Huachuca
- Fort Cummings
- Fort Bayard
- The Northern and Southern heliograph lines to Fort Stanton
- The Sierra Ancha
- San Carlos and the Gila Valley
- Fort Verde and Whipple Barracks
- The Pinaleno Mountains
- Fort Lowell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version Davis, Robert E. C., 1961- Lieutenants and light
- ISBN:
- 9780826368232 (electronic bk.)
- 0826368239 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033017465
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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