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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... passed and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses are left to the Government , viz , either to go into winter quarters or to assume the offensive with forces greatly inferior in numbers to the army I regarded as ...
... passed and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses are left to the Government , viz , either to go into winter quarters or to assume the offensive with forces greatly inferior in numbers to the army I regarded as ...
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... passed , and your letter indicates that you are not accountable for the failure to seize the propitious moment , but that , on the contrary , you perceived its advantages . Second . To isolate Fort Pulaski , cut off its supplies , and ...
... passed , and your letter indicates that you are not accountable for the failure to seize the propitious moment , but that , on the contrary , you perceived its advantages . Second . To isolate Fort Pulaski , cut off its supplies , and ...
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... passed appointing a committee to wait upon the Secretary of War , to request him to have frame buildings erected sufficient for the reception of 15,000 men , and also to request General McClellan's approval of the same . The committee ...
... passed appointing a committee to wait upon the Secretary of War , to request him to have frame buildings erected sufficient for the reception of 15,000 men , and also to request General McClellan's approval of the same . The committee ...
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... passed through the season of malarious fevers . The sanitary arrangements of this army have been successful in warding off the diseases of summer and autumn . We are now called upon to guard against those of winter and spring . The ...
... passed through the season of malarious fevers . The sanitary arrangements of this army have been successful in warding off the diseases of summer and autumn . We are now called upon to guard against those of winter and spring . The ...
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... passed through the enemy's lines and up to within some forty rods of the rear of their earthwork on Munson's Hill . Seeing two rebels near , they watched their chance , each picked his man , fired , and brought him to the ground . They ...
... passed through the enemy's lines and up to within some forty rods of the rear of their earthwork on Munson's Hill . Seeing two rebels near , they watched their chance , each picked his man , fired , and brought him to the ground . They ...
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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