The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesOfficial records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas. |
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... President to act upon General Lane's staff was then in Kansas and had been detailed by that officer as brigade quartermaster , as a special agent to act tempo . rarily in supplying the necessities of these wards of the Government .
... President to act upon General Lane's staff was then in Kansas and had been detailed by that officer as brigade quartermaster , as a special agent to act tempo . rarily in supplying the necessities of these wards of the Government .
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... compelled to fly with little or nothing to support life or protect themselves from the severity of the weather , and those now endeavoring to exterminate all who are loyal to the Government . It is impossible for me to depict the ...
... compelled to fly with little or nothing to support life or protect themselves from the severity of the weather , and those now endeavoring to exterminate all who are loyal to the Government . It is impossible for me to depict the ...
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... who have been driven from their homes in the Indian Territory to provide for them temporarily at the expense of the Government of the United States with such articles of clothing and food as their positive necessities require .
... who have been driven from their homes in the Indian Territory to provide for them temporarily at the expense of the Government of the United States with such articles of clothing and food as their positive necessities require .
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... do solemnly swear that I will not bear arms against the Government of the United States , or in any other manner either directly or indirectly serve against the Government unless duly exchanged or otherwise released by proper ...
... do solemnly swear that I will not bear arms against the Government of the United States , or in any other manner either directly or indirectly serve against the Government unless duly exchanged or otherwise released by proper ...
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I think it is cheaper to keep them where they are than to send them back as recruits , for the rebel Government will release them by law from their parole and force all into the ranks who do not go voluntarily , so that we shall only ...
I think it is cheaper to keep them where they are than to send them back as recruits , for the rebel Government will release them by law from their parole and force all into the ranks who do not go voluntarily , so that we shall only ...
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| Title | The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies The War of the Rebellion, United States. Record and Pension Office The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. War Records Office |
| Author | United States. War Department |
| Editors | Robert Nicholson Scott, George Breckenridge Davis, Frederick Crayton Ainsworth, Joseph William Kirkley |
| Compiled by | Calvin Duvall Cowles |
| Contributors | United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2018 |
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