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, 1891 - 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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... directs that you to - night , after dark , take up the position indicated to you yesterday , now occupied by General ... direct General King to move his . troops this evening after dark and take up the position pointed out . yesterday by ...
... directs that you to - night , after dark , take up the position indicated to you yesterday , now occupied by General ... direct General King to move his . troops this evening after dark and take up the position pointed out . yesterday by ...
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... directs that you feel the enemy at some point of your line to - night and in the morn- ing for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has done so . It will not do to attempt any night movements with large forces , because confu- sion ...
... directs that you feel the enemy at some point of your line to - night and in the morn- ing for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has done so . It will not do to attempt any night movements with large forces , because confu- sion ...
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... directs that you examine If no road can be found which you can cross the creek and get onto , by any by - road due east . The enemy have gone and we must follow . you will have to bring your division back here and march out on this road ...
... directs that you examine If no road can be found which you can cross the creek and get onto , by any by - road due east . The enemy have gone and we must follow . you will have to bring your division back here and march out on this road ...
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... direct , or any of its forts , I propose to make a circuit , destroying all its railroads . This is a delicate movement ... directs that you only at- tempt to hold your present position by strong skirmish lines , and put your troops in ...
... direct , or any of its forts , I propose to make a circuit , destroying all its railroads . This is a delicate movement ... directs that you only at- tempt to hold your present position by strong skirmish lines , and put your troops in ...
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... direct line and as much as seven by the practicable roads . His preparations for throwing the bridge were nearly in ... directs also that you make a display at daybreak to - morrow morning to cover the movements up the river . If you ...
... direct line and as much as seven by the practicable roads . His preparations for throwing the bridge were nearly in ... directs also that you make a display at daybreak to - morrow morning to cover the movements up the river . If you ...
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Aide-de-Camp artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta attack August 16 battery bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Captain captured Cartersville cavalry CAVALRY DIVISION Chattahoochee River Chattanooga Chief of Staff Colonel crossing CUMBERLAND Decatur dispatch East Point enemy enemy's F. A. SHOUP Fifteenth Army Fifteenth Army Corps flank force Fourteenth Army Fourteenth Army Corps FOURTH ARMY CORPS front Garrard Hascall HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY infantry intrenched J. B. HOOD J. M. SCHOFIELD Jonesborough July July 28 Kilpatrick last night Lieutenant-General Macon Major-General SHERMAN Marietta McCook McPherson miles MILITARY DIVISION MISSISSIPPI morning move movement Nashville O. O. HOWARD obedient servant OHIO Pace's Ferry Peach Tree Creek pickets position railroad rear rebel received regiments Resaca respectfully Roswell Sandtown scouts Second Division sent September Seventeenth Army Corps SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS STEEDMAN Stoneman telegraph Tennessee Third Division to-day to-morrow to-night trains troops W. T. SHERMAN wagons Wheeler WHIPPLE yesterday