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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... ground in person , and reaching Poolesville , learned for the first time the full details of the affair . The following extract from the evidence of General Stone before the Committee on the Conduct of the War , on the 5th of January ...
... ground in person , and reaching Poolesville , learned for the first time the full details of the affair . The following extract from the evidence of General Stone before the Committee on the Conduct of the War , on the 5th of January ...
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... ground held by us , and crossed the few additional troops that the high wind permitted us to get over , so as to be as secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before nightfall all the precautions were taken to secure an ...
... ground held by us , and crossed the few additional troops that the high wind permitted us to get over , so as to be as secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before nightfall all the precautions were taken to secure an ...
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... ground in front of Harper's Ferry , in order to cover the rebuilding of the railroad bridge , and finally , when the communications were perfectly secure , move on Winchester . • When I arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge ...
... ground in front of Harper's Ferry , in order to cover the rebuilding of the railroad bridge , and finally , when the communications were perfectly secure , move on Winchester . • When I arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge ...
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... ground thickly wooded and im- passable to an attacking column . The northern front extended about one and one - fourth miles to Great Rocky Run , and thence three - fourths of a mile farther to thickly- wooded , impassable ground in the ...
... ground thickly wooded and im- passable to an attacking column . The northern front extended about one and one - fourth miles to Great Rocky Run , and thence three - fourths of a mile farther to thickly- wooded , impassable ground in the ...
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... ground , affording ample protection for their flanks , and that strong lines of intrenchments swept all the available approaches . Although the history of every former war has conclusively shown the great advantages which are possessed ...
... ground , affording ample protection for their flanks , and that strong lines of intrenchments swept all the available approaches . Although the history of every former war has conclusively shown the great advantages which are possessed ...
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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