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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... movement I think I can force Johnston to move his army down from Kenesaw , to defend his railroad crossing and the Chattahoochee , when I will , by the left flank , reach the railroad below Marietta ; but I cut loose from the railroad ...
... movement I think I can force Johnston to move his army down from Kenesaw , to defend his railroad crossing and the Chattahoochee , when I will , by the left flank , reach the railroad below Marietta ; but I cut loose from the railroad ...
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... movement is to deprive the enemy of the great advantage he has in Kenesaw as a valuable watchtower from which to observe our every movement ; to force him to come out of his intrenchments or move farther south . To obtain which end : I ...
... movement is to deprive the enemy of the great advantage he has in Kenesaw as a valuable watchtower from which to observe our every movement ; to force him to come out of his intrenchments or move farther south . To obtain which end : I ...
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... movements with large forces , because confu- sion would result , but be prepared at break of day to act according to the very ... movement are observed , report at once . Return this by bearer . A. S. WILLIAMS ] , Brigadier - General ...
... movements with large forces , because confu- sion would result , but be prepared at break of day to act according to the very ... movement are observed , report at once . Return this by bearer . A. S. WILLIAMS ] , Brigadier - General ...
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... movement , and therefore we must act quick . Johnston will either attack in the morning or draw his extreme right " back " to the Chattahoochee . I want his movements watched close to - night and early in the morning , and could form ...
... movement , and therefore we must act quick . Johnston will either attack in the morning or draw his extreme right " back " to the Chattahoochee . I want his movements watched close to - night and early in the morning , and could form ...
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... movement of infantry to - day . Our right is where it was last evening . There is some cavalry in Hascall's front . I have heard nothing from Butler to - day . Your movement is good so far . If you will send in a party this evening I ...
... movement of infantry to - day . Our right is where it was last evening . There is some cavalry in Hascall's front . I have heard nothing from Butler to - day . Your movement is good so far . If you will send in a party this evening I ...
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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