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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... HEADQUARTERS . When the army took the field , for the purpose of securing order and regularity in the camp of headquarters and facilitating its move- ments , the office of commandant of general headquarters was created , and assigned to ...
... HEADQUARTERS . When the army took the field , for the purpose of securing order and regularity in the camp of headquarters and facilitating its move- ments , the office of commandant of general headquarters was created , and assigned to ...
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... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Washington , September 6 , 1861 . SIR : I have the honor to suggest the following proposition , with the request that the necessary authority be at once given me to carry it out - to organize a force ...
... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Washington , September 6 , 1861 . SIR : I have the honor to suggest the following proposition , with the request that the necessary authority be at once given me to carry it out - to organize a force ...
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... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Washington , December 16 , 1861 . The Major - General Commanding directs that hereafter all deserters , prisoners , spies , " contrabands , " and all other persons whatever coming or brought within our ...
... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Washington , December 16 , 1861 . The Major - General Commanding directs that hereafter all deserters , prisoners , spies , " contrabands , " and all other persons whatever coming or brought within our ...
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... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , March 16 , 1862 . SIR : You will post your command in the vicinity of Manassas , intrench yourself strongly , and throw cavalry pickets well out to the front . Your first care will be the rebuilding of ...
... HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , March 16 , 1862 . SIR : You will post your command in the vicinity of Manassas , intrench yourself strongly , and throw cavalry pickets well out to the front . Your first care will be the rebuilding of ...
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... headquarters a consolidated report of your command every Sunday morning and monthly returns on the first day of each month . The foregoing instructions are communicated by command of Major - General Mc- Clellan . Brig . Gen. J. S. ...
... headquarters a consolidated report of your command every Sunday morning and monthly returns on the first day of each month . The foregoing instructions are communicated by command of Major - General Mc- Clellan . Brig . Gen. J. S. ...
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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