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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... my recent visit to the loyal Indians who were obliged to flee from their pursuers ( the rebel Indians and Texans ) ... a missionary among the Cherokees and who was driven from his station by the rebels in August last , I visited their ...
... my recent visit to the loyal Indians who were obliged to flee from their pursuers ( the rebel Indians and Texans ) ... a missionary among the Cherokees and who was driven from his station by the rebels in August last , I visited their ...
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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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The rebel Government demands as a condition of any further exchange of prisoners that General Buckner be exchanged . ... Pettigrew and another taken in front of Richmond , whilst Prentiss is the only Federal general held by the rebels .
The rebel Government demands as a condition of any further exchange of prisoners that General Buckner be exchanged . ... Pettigrew and another taken in front of Richmond , whilst Prentiss is the only Federal general held by the rebels .
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... now held as prisoners by the rebels in North Carolina , and asking for their release the Secretary of War directs me to ... requesting me to report whether Roger W. Hanson and one or more rebel officers are at large at Baltimore .
... now held as prisoners by the rebels in North Carolina , and asking for their release the Secretary of War directs me to ... requesting me to report whether Roger W. Hanson and one or more rebel officers are at large at Baltimore .
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COLONEL : By direction of the Secretary of War you will please send to the depot near Sandusky in charge of a suitable guard all the rebel officers , prisoners of war , now in confinement at Fort Columbus . If possible so arrange it ...
COLONEL : By direction of the Secretary of War you will please send to the depot near Sandusky in charge of a suitable guard all the rebel officers , prisoners of war , now in confinement at Fort Columbus . If possible so arrange it ...
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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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