The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111] Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, order and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-1898. 111 vU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Confederate States of America Official 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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Page 168
... fires 2 miles long front and east - northeast on the ridge , but not many . Captain MERRILL : SAMUEL BACHTELL ... fire by volley and by ranks . Caution your troops not to waste ammunition . This caution is especially necessary to ...
... fires 2 miles long front and east - northeast on the ridge , but not many . Captain MERRILL : SAMUEL BACHTELL ... fire by volley and by ranks . Caution your troops not to waste ammunition . This caution is especially necessary to ...
Page 286
... fire into his skirmishers . About this time my line became sharply engaged , and the enemy receding , we closely pressed them . The woods impeding the progress of the battery , Lieutenant - Colonel Grif- fin hurried forward and took ...
... fire into his skirmishers . About this time my line became sharply engaged , and the enemy receding , we closely pressed them . The woods impeding the progress of the battery , Lieutenant - Colonel Grif- fin hurried forward and took ...
Page 290
... Fire was imme- diately opened by whole line and battery , momentarily checking the advance . But they again pressed forward with such vigor , while raking both fronts of the brigade with an enfilading fire of mus- ketry , that the left ...
... Fire was imme- diately opened by whole line and battery , momentarily checking the advance . But they again pressed forward with such vigor , while raking both fronts of the brigade with an enfilading fire of mus- ketry , that the left ...
Page 300
... fire of the enemy . The troops of the First Brigade also opened fire , but having swung or obliqued to the right instead of moving parallel to the Second Brigade by a left half wheel , opened with their fire upon the left regiments of ...
... fire of the enemy . The troops of the First Brigade also opened fire , but having swung or obliqued to the right instead of moving parallel to the Second Brigade by a left half wheel , opened with their fire upon the left regiments of ...
Page 301
... fire , they believing my command , as I think , to be the enemy . This fire from the front , right , and rear left no alternative save that of retirement in confusion and disorder . No blame can be attached to any of the troops for ...
... fire , they believing my command , as I think , to be the enemy . This fire from the front , right , and rear left no alternative save that of retirement in confusion and disorder . No blame can be attached to any of the troops for ...
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advance aide-de-camp ammunition artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battalion battle of Chickamauga Brannan Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Chattanooga road Chickamauga Colonel column Commissioned officers Company Crawfish Spring Creek Crittenden crossing CUMBERLAND Davis direction enemy enemy's engaged Enlisted fall back fight fire force forward Fourteenth Army Corps front gade Gordon's Mills guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT heavy hill honor Illinois immediately Indiana Battery Indiana Volunteers instant Kentucky killed left flank Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Lookout Mountain loss Major-General mand marched McCook miles morning moved Negley night o'clock obedient servant Ohio Volunteer Infantry pickets rallied rear rebel received orders regiment respectfully retired Reynolds ridge right flank Ringgold Rosecrans Rossville Second Brigade Second Division sent September 19 September 20 Sheridan skirmishers soon staff Tenn Tennessee River Third Brigade Third Division Thomas troops Twentieth Army Corps Twenty-first Army Corps Valley woods wounded yards