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, 1881 - 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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... Gauley Bridge , or Cotton Hill , W. Va . 3-11 , 1861. - Expedition into Lower Maryland . 1 4 , 1861 - Feb . 21 , 1862. - Operations in the Valley District . 5 , 1861. - General Robert E. Lee , C. S. Army , assigned to command of the ...
... Gauley Bridge , or Cotton Hill , W. Va . 3-11 , 1861. - Expedition into Lower Maryland . 1 4 , 1861 - Feb . 21 , 1862. - Operations in the Valley District . 5 , 1861. - General Robert E. Lee , C. S. Army , assigned to command of the ...
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... Gauley . Thinks he can do it . Enemy estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000 . Am moving down all available force to Sutton . Will have fifty - five companies there by to - morrow evening . Expect to attack the enemy on Friday or Saturday ...
... Gauley . Thinks he can do it . Enemy estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000 . Am moving down all available force to Sutton . Will have fifty - five companies there by to - morrow evening . Expect to attack the enemy on Friday or Saturday ...
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... Gauley . There , on the hills in front , at the junction of the roads , and around the sharp angle of the turnpike , back of the mountain , I found the enemy in con- siderable force , impossible to be told , from their being perfectly ...
... Gauley . There , on the hills in front , at the junction of the roads , and around the sharp angle of the turnpike , back of the mountain , I found the enemy in con- siderable force , impossible to be told , from their being perfectly ...
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... Gauley Bridge , and were then ad- vancing upon him , and said if this information was correct I should send him my strongest regiment to the top of the hill , near Gauley , with a good battery , so as to be perfectly in reach of him in ...
... Gauley Bridge , and were then ad- vancing upon him , and said if this information was correct I should send him my strongest regiment to the top of the hill , near Gauley , with a good battery , so as to be perfectly in reach of him in ...
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... Gauley , thus : GAULEY . RICH CREEK TURNPIKE ENEMY'S CAMP NEW RIVER BIG CREEK HONEY CREEK TURKEY CREEK TURNPIKE I learned their force was three companies regularly posted ,. CHAP . XIV . ] 125 SKIRMISH NEAR THE HAWK'S NEST , W. VA .
... Gauley , thus : GAULEY . RICH CREEK TURNPIKE ENEMY'S CAMP NEW RIVER BIG CREEK HONEY CREEK TURKEY CREEK TURNPIKE I learned their force was three companies regularly posted ,. CHAP . XIV . ] 125 SKIRMISH NEAR THE HAWK'S NEST , W. VA .
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advance arrived Assistant Adjutant-General attack August Baltimore Banks battery bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Centreville Colonel column Commanding Division companies corps Cotton Hill Creek cross Department detachment direction dispatch duty Edwards Ferry enemy enemy's Fairfax Court-House field fire flank Floyd force Fort Monroe front Gauley guard guns Harper's Ferry HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY Hill honor horses immediately infantry instant instructions intrenchments JOSEPH HOOKER Kanawha killed Leesburg Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General Manassas Maryland MCCLELLAN ment miles militia morning Mountain move movement night November o'clock p. m. obedient servant occupied officers Ohio Pennsylvania pickets Pohick Church Poolesville position Potomac railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully retreat rifled river road Romney ROSECRANS scouts Secretary of War sent side skirmishers tion troops turnpike U. S. Army wagons Washington Western Virginia WILLIAMS Winchester woods wounded York Volunteers