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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... miles long , and yet it would carry but 5,000 wounded ; whereas in a general engage- ment , with a force of 200,000 men , we might expect 60,000 wounded . If one - half of these require ambulance transportation , it would take 3,000 ...
... miles long , and yet it would carry but 5,000 wounded ; whereas in a general engage- ment , with a force of 200,000 men , we might expect 60,000 wounded . If one - half of these require ambulance transportation , it would take 3,000 ...
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... miles above Summersville . The column began to move at 4.15 on the morning of the 10th , and reached Summersville at 8 o'clock , having been delayed by a burned bridge . Found the town evacuated by a regiment of infantry and a company ...
... miles above Summersville . The column began to move at 4.15 on the morning of the 10th , and reached Summersville at 8 o'clock , having been delayed by a burned bridge . Found the town evacuated by a regiment of infantry and a company ...
Page 133
... miles north of Summersville , at about 4 a . m . , reaching that place before 8 a . m . in good order , and with the ... mile short of the Cross- Lanes , we moved rapidly forward toward the position of the enemy , until our arrival at ...
... miles north of Summersville , at about 4 a . m . , reaching that place before 8 a . m . in good order , and with the ... mile short of the Cross- Lanes , we moved rapidly forward toward the position of the enemy , until our arrival at ...
Page 153
... miles of mountain transportation , instead of our driving on to the western verge of that wilderness and taking upon ourselves with inferior force the loss and cost and risk of that same wilderness mountain transportation . This policy ...
... miles of mountain transportation , instead of our driving on to the western verge of that wilderness and taking upon ourselves with inferior force the loss and cost and risk of that same wilderness mountain transportation . This policy ...
Page 159
... miles of him , and calling upon me for 1,000 of my infantry , my best battery , and one squadron of horse . This was received by me between 4 and 5 o'clock a . m . of September 1. That morning I moved again in full force towards ...
... miles of him , and calling upon me for 1,000 of my infantry , my best battery , and one squadron of horse . This was received by me between 4 and 5 o'clock a . m . of September 1. That morning I moved again in full force towards ...
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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