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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... In the Field , near Kenesaw , July 1 , 1864 . General SCHOFIELD : I have ordered the telegraph wire to follow . To what ... night . I have not heard what amount they got , but presume a fair share . My troops are moving . I am about ...
... In the Field , near Kenesaw , July 1 , 1864 . General SCHOFIELD : I have ordered the telegraph wire to follow . To what ... night . I have not heard what amount they got , but presume a fair share . My troops are moving . I am about ...
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... to report to their commanding officer . You will patrol the road between the different stations garrisoned by your ... night . I have Mead invested . The enemy has been attacked on the south side of the river seven times in the last ...
... to report to their commanding officer . You will patrol the road between the different stations garrisoned by your ... night . I have Mead invested . The enemy has been attacked on the south side of the river seven times in the last ...
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United States. War Department. HDQRS . MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI , In the Field , near Kenesaw , July 2 , 1864 . General THOMAS : General McPherson reports all ready to move to - night . Will you be ready for him to uncover the ...
United States. War Department. HDQRS . MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI , In the Field , near Kenesaw , July 2 , 1864 . General THOMAS : General McPherson reports all ready to move to - night . Will you be ready for him to uncover the ...
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... The ma- jor - general commanding directs that you to - night , after dark , take up the position indicated to you yesterday , now occupied by General King's division and a portion of General McPherson's troops , your left resting on the ...
... The ma- jor - general commanding directs that you to - night , after dark , take up the position indicated to you yesterday , now occupied by General King's division and a portion of General McPherson's troops , your left resting on the ...
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... to believe that the enemy intends to with- draw to - night . The major - general commanding therefore 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 ...
... to believe that the enemy intends to with- draw to - night . The major - general commanding therefore 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 ...
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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