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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SIR : In reply to your application of the 14th instant in behalf of the officers of the transport Union , now held as prisoners by the rebels in North Carolina , and asking for their release the Secretary of War directs me to inform you ...
SIR : In reply to your application of the 14th instant in behalf of the officers of the transport Union , now held as prisoners by the rebels in North Carolina , and asking for their release the Secretary of War directs me to inform you ...
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Sir : I am instructed by Major - General McClellan to report to you the substance of an interview held on yesterday by me with the Hon . Howell Cobb , now acting as a brigadier - general in the rebel army at Richmond .
Sir : I am instructed by Major - General McClellan to report to you the substance of an interview held on yesterday by me with the Hon . Howell Cobb , now acting as a brigadier - general in the rebel army at Richmond .
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60 , medical officers held as prisoners of war are to be released . This applies to Doctor Bailey , whose case was reported by Surgeon Cuyler yesterday . He may be permitted to return home . By order of the Secretary of War : L. THOMAS ...
60 , medical officers held as prisoners of war are to be released . This applies to Doctor Bailey , whose case was reported by Surgeon Cuyler yesterday . He may be permitted to return home . By order of the Secretary of War : L. THOMAS ...
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... to your custody by Major Kinsman you will deliver into the custody of the commander of Fort Lafayette to be held by him until further order . EDWIN M , STANTON , Secretary of War . WAR DEPARTMENT , Washington , June 19 , 1862 . Col.
... to your custody by Major Kinsman you will deliver into the custody of the commander of Fort Lafayette to be held by him until further order . EDWIN M , STANTON , Secretary of War . WAR DEPARTMENT , Washington , June 19 , 1862 . Col.
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It appears from the foregoing that Captains Spriggs and Triplett are held as other prisoners of war . This Department has no other information on the subject . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . WAR DEPARTMENT , Washington , June 20 ...
It appears from the foregoing that Captains Spriggs and Triplett are held as other prisoners of war . This Department has no other information on the subject . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . WAR DEPARTMENT , Washington , June 20 ...
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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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