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, 1890 - 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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... possible , to get seven or eight days ' rations and forage ahead , that may be used in case of emergency . He also desires that all the axes now in your corps may be sent to General Schurz this morn- ing that he may finish his lines as ...
... possible , to get seven or eight days ' rations and forage ahead , that may be used in case of emergency . He also desires that all the axes now in your corps may be sent to General Schurz this morn- ing that he may finish his lines as ...
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... possible exertion and dispatch used in completing the defense ) . The remaining portion of the line that cannot be held without troops to be made as strong as possible , and then held by as few troops as will suffice to hold it against ...
... possible exertion and dispatch used in completing the defense ) . The remaining portion of the line that cannot be held without troops to be made as strong as possible , and then held by as few troops as will suffice to hold it against ...
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... possible effort has been made to increase the rolling - stock on the road from Nashville to Bridgeport . Every machine - shop and railroad in the country has been laid under contribution , and every superintendent has full powers from ...
... possible effort has been made to increase the rolling - stock on the road from Nashville to Bridgeport . Every machine - shop and railroad in the country has been laid under contribution , and every superintendent has full powers from ...
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... possible and put the roads from Kelley's to Brown's Ferry in repair . A company of Illi- nois cavalry , 60 or 70 strong , now at Stevenson , has been ordered to report to you for escort and courier duty at your headquarters . I am , sir ...
... possible and put the roads from Kelley's to Brown's Ferry in repair . A company of Illi- nois cavalry , 60 or 70 strong , now at Stevenson , has been ordered to report to you for escort and courier duty at your headquarters . I am , sir ...
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... possible , for should it rain a couple of days that stream will be past fording . I have heard nothing further from enemy at Cleveland . General Hooker has whipped the enemy at Lookout Mountain , and now our boats run from Bridgeport to ...
... possible , for should it rain a couple of days that stream will be past fording . I have heard nothing further from enemy at Cleveland . General Hooker has whipped the enemy at Lookout Mountain , and now our boats run from Bridgeport to ...
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ARMY OF TENNESSEE Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Battalion Battery Bragg bridge Bridgeport Brig Brigadier-General Burnside Capt Captain cavalry Chalmers Chattanooga Collierville Colonel Commanding Cavalry Confederate Corinth Creek cross Cumberland Gap December December 26 direction dispatch division duty East Tennessee Eastport enemy enemy's Ferry forage force Forrest General-in-Chief Grange H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS SIXTEENTH ARMY Illinois Troops Indiana Troops Infantry J. E. JOHNSTON J. G. FOSTER James John Kingston Knoxville La Grange Lieut Lieutenant-General Longstreet Loudon Major-General Major-General GRANT Major-General HURLBUT Memphis miles Mississippi Mississippi Troops morning move movement Nashville November November 19 November 21 obedient servant officers Ohio Troops pickets quartermaster railroad re-enforcements rebel received respectfully road S. A. HURLBUT scouts sent SIXTEENTH ARMY SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS Stevenson supplies telegraph Tenn Tennessee Troops Thomas to-day to-morrow U. S. GRANT Vicksburg W. T. SHERMAN wagons William yesterday