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The 24th Virginia Field Hospital

The Southern Telegraph Company

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Fort Tejon Historical Association 

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Fort Tejon Historical Association

 

 

The Society of Civil War Surgeons 

 

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The Society of Civil War Surgeons

 

he American Civil War Society

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The American Civil War Society

 

 

The Civil War Alliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Tejon in Winter 

Unit Roster

 

Civil War Surgeon 

 

Confederate Flags

 

Farewell To the Army

 

Anesthetics

 

Civil War Nurses 

 

Tentative Events for 2013

 

The Southern Telegraph Company

 

My ham shack

 

                                                                                                          

 

 

                                             

                                                                                                                             

 


Next Event 

St. Catherine’s Military School

Anaheim, CA (ACWS)

March 16 & 17, 2013

 

 


Lincoln 
Team of Rivals

 

 

Producer Steven Spielberg has used Amateur Radio or Morse code in three of his last four movies: Super 8 (2011), The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011) and Lincoln(2012). Members of the Morse Telegraph Club (MTC) -- an association of retired railroad and commercial telegraphers, historians, radio amateurs and others with an interest in the history and traditions of telegraphy and the telegraph industry -- played an integral part in the production of Lincoln.

According to International President of the Morse Telegraph Club James Wades, WB8SIW, several MTC members -- including Tom Perera, W1TP; Derek Cohn, WB0TUA; Kevin Saville, N7JKD, and Roger Reinke -- provided telegraph instruments to equip the 16 operating positions portrayed at the War Department set. Jim Wilson, K4BAV, and his son Matt had roles as extras. Wilson also worked with production staff and the actors to explain telegraph technology and the role of the telegrapher in the 1860s.

“Nine of the 16 telegraph positions depicted in the War Department were fully operational,” Wades said. “These instruments could be operated in any combination through the use of a specialized computer program and custom built terminal units for the process. When necessary, a hand key could be inserted in the individual telegraph loops so messages could be improvised.”

Wades, who was employed as a Technical Advisor for the production, worked with set designers over a period of months to develop the War Department telegraph scenes, coordinating the process of procuring the necessary instruments and serving as an historical consultant as the telegraph scenes were developed. He also worked the producers to develop historically appropriate message traffic that fit the sequence of the script; however, as the movie was edited, he explained that the final product evolved into a more generic facsimile of Morse traffic. “Those with a background in landline telegraphy will hear the occasional snippet of message traffic in the audio track of the movie,” he said. “We are very pleased that Mr Spielberg and his staff took the time to treat the telegraph with dignity and respect. It is a pleasure to be associated with a high quality motion picture that can genuinely be classified as not just entertainment, but as a work of art.”

 

 

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Fort Tejon

 

 

Dr. Jon Willen

Major. Jon Willen, MD

Great Photo

 

 

Coming soon

An Appointment with Destiny

The George E. Waller Story

By David Cotton

 

Dave on key 2

Dave Colley at the key

 

 

Battery box

Battery Box

 

 

Leo Najera, 2nd Lt.

Leo Najera, 2nd Lt.

 

Fort Tejon

 

 Fort Tejon by night.

 

 

 

 

Friends forever

 

Unit Roster

 

The 24th Virginia Field Hospital re-eanacts as part of the Fort Tejon Historical Association since 1982. And now as part of the American Civil War Society.

 Its (current) members include:

 

Jon Willen, Major. MD   Chief  Brigade Surgeon jwillen@ix.netcom.com

 Dave Colley, Major.

Company Commander davidgcolley@att.net
David Cotton, Lt. Col. Retired. Surgeon cwsurgn@cox.net
John Powell, Captain. RN. Surgeon

civildoc@aol.com

Mike Jackson, 1st  Lt.  Assistant Surgeon Tnbrck1@aol.com
Leo Najera, 2nd Lt. Supply Officer leo_dogface@yahoo.com
William Johnson 1st. Sgt.   Unit 1st Sgt. bygjohnsn@hotmail.com
Sharon Coleman, Quartermaster Sgt. Executive Officer sheryncoleman@yahoo.com
Sharon Powell, NP Chief  Matron  sharonslilies@frazmtn.com
Rebecca Colley, RN.   Matron davidgcolley@att.net
Brittnie Smith Historian bns@atginternet.com
Alana Lewis, BA Archaeologist archaeology_1@hotmail.com
Matthew Nelson Provost  
Robbie Slagle Cadet/Provost  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Dave Colley

 

Alana & Sharon

 

Brittnie

 

 

 

 

Sharon Powell

 

 

Sharon, Company Seamstress/NP

sharonslilies@frazmtn.com

 

 

Medical Education During the Civil War

 

 

 

 

 

24th VA Battle Flag

24th Virginia Flag Conservation Project

 

Bassett Historical Center

http://www.bassetthistoricalcenter.com/

 

 

My favorite picture

Confederate Staff 1998

Confederate Staff 1998

 

 

 

24th VA Unit Flyer

For further information Contact 

Major. David Colley,  davidgcolley@att.net

Major. Jon Willen M.D. jwillen@ix.netcom.com

Lt. Col. Retired. David Cotton, cwsurgn@cox.net  

Capt. John Powell, sharonslilies@frazmtn.com

 

 

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