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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... instant , and the General - in - Chief shall be responsible that it moves as early as that day . Ordered , That the Army and Navy co - operate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington ...
... instant , and the General - in - Chief shall be responsible that it moves as early as that day . Ordered , That the Army and Navy co - operate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington ...
Page 129
... instant . On the evening of the 11th I announced those of the 10th and the battle of Carnifix Ferry , which resulted in dislodging Floyd from his in- trenched camp and the capture of two stands of colors , a quantity of ammunition and ...
... instant . On the evening of the 11th I announced those of the 10th and the battle of Carnifix Ferry , which resulted in dislodging Floyd from his in- trenched camp and the capture of two stands of colors , a quantity of ammunition and ...
Page 141
... instant : In the afternoon of that day , whilst the Second and Third Brigades were halted east of the forks of the Summersville and Cross - Lanes roads , firing was heard in the direction of the supposed fortifications of the enemy . By ...
... instant : In the afternoon of that day , whilst the Second and Third Brigades were halted east of the forks of the Summersville and Cross - Lanes roads , firing was heard in the direction of the supposed fortifications of the enemy . By ...
Page 145
... instant I have to report that the Third Brigade , acting as a reserve corps , was not actively en- gaged . About 4 o'clock p . m . the brigade was ordered to form in line of battle on a hill fronting the right of the enemy's position ...
... instant I have to report that the Third Brigade , acting as a reserve corps , was not actively en- gaged . About 4 o'clock p . m . the brigade was ordered to form in line of battle on a hill fronting the right of the enemy's position ...
Page 168
... instant that they are worthy to carry the banner into action , and the commanding general is confident they will always in future sustain and confirm him in the favorable opinion he has formed of them . * GEO . B. MCCLELLAN , Major ...
... instant that they are worthy to carry the banner into action , and the commanding general is confident they will always in future sustain and confirm him in the favorable opinion he has formed of them . * GEO . B. MCCLELLAN , Major ...
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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