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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Page 43
... 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 of ...
... 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 of ...
Page 44
... enemy or take him at a disadvantage by rapid maneuvers . Our slow progress will enable him to divine our purposes and take his measures accordingly . The probability is , from the best information we possess , that the enemy has ...
... enemy or take him at a disadvantage by rapid maneuvers . Our slow progress will enable him to divine our purposes and take his measures accordingly . The probability is , from the best information we possess , that the enemy has ...
Page 47
... 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 ...
Page 114
... enemy , whom I should judge to have been about 20 strong . The enemy were the first to challenge , and were evidently prepared to meet us , as they were in line at the side of the road ( they being apprised of our coming by our advanced ...
... enemy , whom I should judge to have been about 20 strong . The enemy were the first to challenge , and were evidently prepared to meet us , as they were in line at the side of the road ( they being apprised of our coming by our advanced ...
Page 119
... 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 , and crush his column , if ...
... 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 , and crush his column , if ...
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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