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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OF VIRGINIA , Fort Monroe , June 17 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . DEAR SIR : We have in our hospitals several rebel prisoners with amputated limbs . If not incompatible with the views of the Government would it not ...
OF VIRGINIA , Fort Monroe , June 17 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . DEAR SIR : We have in our hospitals several rebel prisoners with amputated limbs . If not incompatible with the views of the Government would it not ...
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When I first saw the memorial of Judge Pitts to the Legislature of Virginia I was entering on my duties as one of the commissioners appointed by the Secretary CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. --UNION . 39.
When I first saw the memorial of Judge Pitts to the Legislature of Virginia I was entering on my duties as one of the commissioners appointed by the Secretary CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. --UNION . 39.
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These counties constituted a part of the State of Western Virginia , and Governor Peirpoint had ratified the appointment of Judge Pitts . It was suggested to me by one of the Senators and one of the members of the government of Western ...
These counties constituted a part of the State of Western Virginia , and Governor Peirpoint had ratified the appointment of Judge Pitts . It was suggested to me by one of the Senators and one of the members of the government of Western ...
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GENERAL : Your proposition * to regard medical officers in care of the sick and wounded as non - combatants is concurred in by me , and such officers are so regarded in the operations of the armies of Northern and Eastern Virginia .
GENERAL : Your proposition * to regard medical officers in care of the sick and wounded as non - combatants is concurred in by me , and such officers are so regarded in the operations of the armies of Northern and Eastern Virginia .
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... the receipt of your letter of to - day relative to a reported intention on the part of the United States Government to order the execution of two prisoners , Captains Spriggs and Triplett , of the Virginia Ranger service .
... the receipt of your letter of to - day relative to a reported intention on the part of the United States Government to order the execution of two prisoners , Captains Spriggs and Triplett , of the Virginia Ranger service .
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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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