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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... enemy out of Virginia and occupy Richmond , but to occupy Char- leston , Savannah , Montgomery , Pensacola , Mobile , and New Orleans ; in other words , to move into the heart of the enemy's country and crush the rebellion in its very ...
... enemy out of Virginia and occupy Richmond , but to occupy Char- leston , Savannah , Montgomery , Pensacola , Mobile , and New Orleans ; in other words , to move into the heart of the enemy's country and crush the rebellion in its very ...
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... enemy at Centreville , Manassas , & c . , or else a movement to turn one or both flanks of those positions , or a ... enemy's right with his center ( we might destroy the former ) ; we would remove the obstructions to the navigation ...
... enemy at Centreville , Manassas , & c . , or else a movement to turn one or both flanks of those positions , or a ... enemy's right with his center ( we might destroy the former ) ; we would remove the obstructions to the navigation ...
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... enemy , and the moral effect of the victory - important results , it is true , but not decisive of the war , nor securing the destruction of the enemy's main army ; for he could fall back upon other positions and fight us again and ...
... enemy , and the moral effect of the victory - important results , it is true , but not decisive of the war , nor securing the destruction of the enemy's main army ; for he could fall back upon other positions and fight us again and ...
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... enemy's works and their approaches , made after they were evacuated , showed that the decision was a wise one . The only means , therefore , of accomplishing the capture of these works , so much desired by the President , was by a ...
... enemy's works and their approaches , made after they were evacuated , showed that the decision was a wise one . The only means , therefore , of accomplishing the capture of these works , so much desired by the President , was by a ...
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... enemy were this morning at Pohick Church , whither we immediately proceeded . Our advanced pickets , upon near- ing ... enemy's steamer Yankee and a tug were seen standing in the mouth of Potomac Creek . I ordered down to the point the ...
... enemy were this morning at Pohick Church , whither we immediately proceeded . Our advanced pickets , upon near- ing ... enemy's steamer Yankee and a tug were seen standing in the mouth of Potomac Creek . I ordered down to the point the ...
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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