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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... leave to - morrow morning for Washington , but shall keep up communication with my headquarters here by telegraph . All information of the movements of the enemy , as well as matters affect- ing the command that require my action , you ...
... leave to - morrow morning for Washington , but shall keep up communication with my headquarters here by telegraph . All information of the movements of the enemy , as well as matters affect- ing the command that require my action , you ...
Page 27
... leave it for you to judge whether , under these circumstances , I can spare these troops . J. M. SCHOFIELD , Major - General . CHATTANOOGA , March 6 , 1864-12 m . Major - General SCHOFIELD , Knoxville : I do not wish to withdraw ...
... leave it for you to judge whether , under these circumstances , I can spare these troops . J. M. SCHOFIELD , Major - General . CHATTANOOGA , March 6 , 1864-12 m . Major - General SCHOFIELD , Knoxville : I do not wish to withdraw ...
Page 55
... leave all matters of trade to your agents . I don't want them to exercise a supervising or concurrent action . I want the army to be far above the contaminating influences of trade and gain . Let the merchant count his gain , but the ...
... leave all matters of trade to your agents . I don't want them to exercise a supervising or concurrent action . I want the army to be far above the contaminating influences of trade and gain . Let the merchant count his gain , but the ...
Page 56
... leave to command the District of the Mississippi , embracing that of Memphis and Vicksburg ; then proceed to Cairo , where you can leave some of your staff to receive and organize your veteran regiments as they return , when you may ...
... leave to command the District of the Mississippi , embracing that of Memphis and Vicksburg ; then proceed to Cairo , where you can leave some of your staff to receive and organize your veteran regiments as they return , when you may ...
Page 57
... leave them uncovered , and 20 guerrillas will break up any plantation you establish . Nevertheless , I have instructed General McPherson to execute General Grant's orders , and when I meet General Grant I will explain to him what I was ...
... leave them uncovered , and 20 guerrillas will break up any plantation you establish . Nevertheless , I have instructed General McPherson to execute General Grant's orders , and when I meet General Grant I will explain to him what I was ...
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Alabama Troops April April 24 Army of Tennessee Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Athens Battalion Battery BRAYMAN Brig Brigadier-General Bull's Gap Cairo Capt Captain cavalry Chattanooga Chief of Staff Colonel Columbus Comdg command Confederate Creek cross Cumberland Dalton Decatur Demopolis direction dispatch District duty East Tennessee enemy forage force Forrest furlough G. M. DODGE Greeneville HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT horses Huntsville Illinois Troops Indiana Troops Infantry J. D. COX James John Johnston Kentucky Knoxville Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-General Polk Longstreet Major-General Major-General SCHOFIELD Major-General SHERMAN March March 23 MCPHERSON Memphis miles MILITARY DIVISION Mississippi Mississippi Troops mounted move movement Nashville obedient servant officers Ohio Troops Paducah quartermaster railroad rebel received Red River Regiment respectfully Richmond road scouts Second Lieut sent SIXTEENTH ARMY SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS supplies telegraph Tenn Tennessee River Tennessee Troops Thomas to-day Veatch Vicksburg Volunteers W. T. SHERMAN wagons William