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, 1892 - 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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... picket - line , which announced the capture of Harper's Ferry by Early . I have sent . for the paper , and will forward it when I get it . " GEO . G. MEADE , Major - General , General MEADE : CITY POINT , July 6 , 1864 . I have received ...
... picket - line , which announced the capture of Harper's Ferry by Early . I have sent . for the paper , and will forward it when I get it . " GEO . G. MEADE , Major - General , General MEADE : CITY POINT , July 6 , 1864 . I have received ...
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... line occupied by A. P. Hill's corps . He knows nothing of Generals Ewell or Early or their commands ; thought ... picket - line . It had news of the capture of Harper's Ferry by Early's forces . Very respectfully , your obedient servant ...
... line occupied by A. P. Hill's corps . He knows nothing of Generals Ewell or Early or their commands ; thought ... picket - line . It had news of the capture of Harper's Ferry by Early's forces . Very respectfully , your obedient servant ...
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... line since morning and no enemy in my front . I am cutting a direct road out from the center of my line of intrenchments to my picket - line . Respectfully , JOHN GIBBON , Major - General of Volunteers , Commanding Division ...
... line since morning and no enemy in my front . I am cutting a direct road out from the center of my line of intrenchments to my picket - line . Respectfully , JOHN GIBBON , Major - General of Volunteers , Commanding Division ...
Page 58
... picket - line after dark to - night , and will encamp in the woods near your headquarters . In obedience to instructions from headquarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina , you will order the colonel commanding to report with ...
... picket - line after dark to - night , and will encamp in the woods near your headquarters . In obedience to instructions from headquarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina , you will order the colonel commanding to report with ...
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... line previously . To make the same extension will require the details to be relieved . If General Wright's picket - line is to be relieved to - night it will be a difficult operation . If it is to be done I would like to know how many ...
... line previously . To make the same extension will require the details to be relieved . If General Wright's picket - line is to be relieved to - night it will be a difficult operation . If it is to be done I would like to know how many ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS A. E. BURNSIDE Assistant Adjutant-General Battery Brig Brigadier-General BROADWAY LANDING Capt Captain CAVALRY CORPS Chaffin's Bluff Chief of Staff City Point Connecticut Artillery Deep Bottom DEPT detachment dispatch EIGHTEENTH ARMY EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS enemy engineer Fifth Corps Fort Monroe front G. K. WARREN guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY Heavy Artillery Hill's corps honor to report Infantry intrenchments July 12 July 27 July 30 last night Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General GRANT Major-General and Chief Major-General BURNSIDE Major-General HANCOCK Major-General HUMPHREYS Major-General MEADE Major-General WARREN morning mortars NINTH ARMY CORPS Ninth Corps NORTH CAROLINA obedient servant p. m. Major-General Petersburg picket picket-line plank road POTOMAC R. S. FOSTER received Regiment relieved respectfully Richmond SECOND ARMY CORPS Second Division sent TENTH ARMY to-day to-morrow to-night U. S. GRANT VIRGINIA AND NORTH Volunteers wagons Washington WEITZEL WILLIAMS WINF'D yesterday York Troops