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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... falling slowly . C. P. STONE , Brigadier - General . As it was not foreseen or expected that General McCall would be needed to co - operate with General Stone in any attack , he was directed to fall back from Dranesville to his original ...
... falling slowly . C. P. STONE , Brigadier - General . As it was not foreseen or expected that General McCall would be needed to co - operate with General Stone in any attack , he was directed to fall back from Dranesville to his original ...
Page 35
... fall and early winter . It is only just to say , however , that the unprecedented condition of the roads and Virginia soil would have delayed an advance until February , had the discipline , organization , and equipment of the Army been ...
... fall and early winter . It is only just to say , however , that the unprecedented condition of the roads and Virginia soil would have delayed an advance until February , had the discipline , organization , and equipment of the Army been ...
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... fall back upon other positions and fight us again and again , should the condition of his troops permit . If he is in no condition to fight us again out of the range of the intrenchments at Richmond , we would find it a very difficult ...
... fall back upon other positions and fight us again and again , should the condition of his troops permit . If he is in no condition to fight us again out of the range of the intrenchments at Richmond , we would find it a very difficult ...
Page 54
... fall , and frequent reports will be expected of all and each of them . ABRAHAM LINCOLN . Though unaware of the President's intention to remove me from the position of General - in - Chief , I cheerfully acceded to the disposition he saw ...
... fall , and frequent reports will be expected of all and each of them . ABRAHAM LINCOLN . Though unaware of the President's intention to remove me from the position of General - in - Chief , I cheerfully acceded to the disposition he saw ...
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... fall of Norfolk , while an opera- tion against Norfolk , if successful , as the beginning of the campaign , facilitates the reduction of Richmond merely by the demoralization of the rebel troops involved , and that after the fall of ...
... fall of Norfolk , while an opera- tion against Norfolk , if successful , as the beginning of the campaign , facilitates the reduction of Richmond merely by the demoralization of the rebel troops involved , and that after the fall of ...
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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