The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-8 [serial no. 114-121] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war and to state or political prisoners. 1894 [i.e. 1898]-1899. 8 vU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 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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... Fort Hamilton , N. Y. SIR : The General - in - Chief directs that you assume command of Forts Hamilton and Lafayette , New York Harbor , taking quarters at the former place . Orders have been given for the confinement of certain ...
... Fort Hamilton , N. Y. SIR : The General - in - Chief directs that you assume command of Forts Hamilton and Lafayette , New York Harbor , taking quarters at the former place . Orders have been given for the confinement of certain ...
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... Fort Hamilton point to Lafayette , but there is not a man in the garrison of Hamilton who can work a gun . Nor are there any about there except some twenty - five men in Company G , of the Texas troops , who are encamped near the fort .
... Fort Hamilton point to Lafayette , but there is not a man in the garrison of Hamilton who can work a gun . Nor are there any about there except some twenty - five men in Company G , of the Texas troops , who are encamped near the fort .
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... Fort McHenry , to which place he was ordered pursuant to the instructions of ... Fort Monroe . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , GEO ... Hamilton , New York Harbor . SIR : * I have also to inform you , in relation ...
... Fort McHenry , to which place he was ordered pursuant to the instructions of ... Fort Monroe . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , GEO ... Hamilton , New York Harbor . SIR : * I have also to inform you , in relation ...
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... Fort Hamilton : Allow no writs to be served on you for any of the prisoners under your charge . Give the same answer as heretofore . * WINFIELD SCOTT . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Bvt . Col. CHARLES F. SMITH , New York , August 27 , 1861 ...
... Fort Hamilton : Allow no writs to be served on you for any of the prisoners under your charge . Give the same answer as heretofore . * WINFIELD SCOTT . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Bvt . Col. CHARLES F. SMITH , New York , August 27 , 1861 ...
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... Fort Lafayette by order of the honorable the Secretary of the Navy . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , MARTIN BURKE , Lieutenant - Colonel , U. S. Army , Commanding . Col. E. D. TOWNSEND , FORT HAMILTON , N. Y. , August 30 ...
... Fort Lafayette by order of the honorable the Secretary of the Navy . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , MARTIN BURKE , Lieutenant - Colonel , U. S. Army , Commanding . Col. E. D. TOWNSEND , FORT HAMILTON , N. Y. , August 30 ...
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