![Item #42271 MANUSCRIPT SHEET, IN NEAT INK SCRIPT, FROM UNION HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA AT NEWBERN, DISPLAYING SIGNALS [CHALLENGE AND REPLY] FOR DAY AND NIGHT, AND COUNTERSIGNS FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 21 - 31, 1862. Civil War.](https://lesserbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42271.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785946445)
MANUSCRIPT SHEET, IN NEAT INK SCRIPT, FROM UNION HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA AT NEWBERN, DISPLAYING SIGNALS [CHALLENGE AND REPLY] FOR DAY AND NIGHT, AND COUNTERSIGNS FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 21 - 31, 1862.
Newbern: 1862. Manuscript sheet on lined paper, 7-3/4" x 9-3/4." Docketed on verso: "Countersigns. From Dec. 18 [?]- '62 to Jany 1st 63." Neatly written, with Countersigns in left margin for each day December 21-31; a table listing Challenge and Reply for Day and Night. Signed by S[outhard] Hoffman as Assistant Adjutant General; and E.T. Parkinson as Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Old folds, Very Good.
Countersigns are passwords exchanged between sentries to verify identity and prevent unauthorized passage. This document is from the 1862 North Carolina campaign, an important part of Union strategy to implement the Anaconda Plan. Item #42271
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