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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... received on the night of the 25th October , and I started the cavalry next morning , 26th October . If they are not there at this time , have been detained by high water . I heard , however , of their arrival there two or three days ago ...
... received on the night of the 25th October , and I started the cavalry next morning , 26th October . If they are not there at this time , have been detained by high water . I heard , however , of their arrival there two or three days ago ...
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... ( Received 11 p . m . , 4th . ) Maj . Gen. H. W. HALLECK , General - in - Chief : General Sherman has received his boats at Eastport , and will finish crossing to - morrow . General Dodge follows him close up , and will be at Waterloo by ...
... ( Received 11 p . m . , 4th . ) Maj . Gen. H. W. HALLECK , General - in - Chief : General Sherman has received his boats at Eastport , and will finish crossing to - morrow . General Dodge follows him close up , and will be at Waterloo by ...
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... received . Colonel Nicholas with about 300 cavalry arrived here on the 30th . I gave him telegram just received from General Thomas , ordering him to first make a reconnaissance toward Trenton , and then report to General Hooker . He ...
... received . Colonel Nicholas with about 300 cavalry arrived here on the 30th . I gave him telegram just received from General Thomas , ordering him to first make a reconnaissance toward Trenton , and then report to General Hooker . He ...
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... ( Received 3d . ) Major - General HURLBUT , Memphis : Received following dispatch from La Grange , November 2 , 6.30 p . m .: Scouting parties just returned from Holly Springs , bringing information that Chalmers crossed the Tallahatchie ...
... ( Received 3d . ) Major - General HURLBUT , Memphis : Received following dispatch from La Grange , November 2 , 6.30 p . m .: Scouting parties just returned from Holly Springs , bringing information that Chalmers crossed the Tallahatchie ...
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... received . I only proposed to Morganton in case the fords and ferries were to be picketed . iles from here to the nearest point of the river . I am sat- - some 1,200 or more rebel cavalry were on this side the nessee last Friday , but ...
... received . I only proposed to Morganton in case the fords and ferries were to be picketed . iles from here to the nearest point of the river . I am sat- - some 1,200 or more rebel cavalry were on this side the nessee last Friday , but ...
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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