Three Civil War (3) Stereoviews Showing Albert Meyer, Founder of the U.S. Signal Corps

The first photograph shows a bearded Meyer in uniform seated between two other officers in a camp setting. A related Library of Congress image dates this scene to 1861; two other stereoviews with Meyer in the same tent are present, but he is wearing civilian clothing.

Private North Carolina Collection

A medical doctor by training, Albert Myer became the U.S. Army's first "signal officer" and ran the Signal Corps until his death in 1880.

Age toning as expected; very good condition.