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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EDWIN M. STANTON : There are at Nashville about 1,500 prisoners of war released on parole by General Beauregard . They are without officers , in no discipline and greatly demoralized . They will be of very little service and I ...
EDWIN M. STANTON : There are at Nashville about 1,500 prisoners of war released on parole by General Beauregard . They are without officers , in no discipline and greatly demoralized . They will be of very little service and I ...
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E. M , STANTON , Secretary of War : The release of prisoners sent from Kentucky to Camp Chase will injure us very much in Kentucky . They return emboldened and to assassinate the men who arrested them . It will endanger us in Kentucky .
E. M , STANTON , Secretary of War : The release of prisoners sent from Kentucky to Camp Chase will injure us very much in Kentucky . They return emboldened and to assassinate the men who arrested them . It will endanger us in Kentucky .
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EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CORINTH , Miss . , June 14 , 1862 . Major - General BUELL : The Secretary of War telegraphs that he will send an officer to Nashville to pay off and discharge all paroled prisoners at that place .
EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CORINTH , Miss . , June 14 , 1862 . Major - General BUELL : The Secretary of War telegraphs that he will send an officer to Nashville to pay off and discharge all paroled prisoners at that place .
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E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . SIR : I have the honor to report that Alfred Leigh was arrested on the recommendation of a large number of his neighbors , good Union citizens , he having made threats against some of them and having ...
E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . SIR : I have the honor to report that Alfred Leigh was arrested on the recommendation of a large number of his neighbors , good Union citizens , he having made threats against some of them and having ...
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E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . SIR : I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter from Colonel Key , one of my aides - de - camp , giving the substance of a conversation with General Howell Cobb . The subject is interesting and I ...
E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . SIR : I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter from Colonel Key , one of my aides - de - camp , giving the substance of a conversation with General Howell Cobb . The subject is interesting and I ...
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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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