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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... present war differs from those in which nations are usually en- gaged mainly in this , that the purpose of ordinary war is to conquer a peace and make a treaty on advantageous terms . In this contest it has become necessary to crush a ...
... present war differs from those in which nations are usually en- gaged mainly in this , that the purpose of ordinary war is to conquer a peace and make a treaty on advantageous terms . In this contest it has become necessary to crush a ...
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... present , that I continue to urge , as I have ever done since I entered upon the com- mand of this army , upon the Government to devote its energies and its available resources towards increasing the numbers and efficiency of the army ...
... present , that I continue to urge , as I have ever done since I entered upon the com- mand of this army , upon the Government to devote its energies and its available resources towards increasing the numbers and efficiency of the army ...
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... present and absent , of about 240,000 men , should the losses by sick- ness , & c . , not rise to a higher percentage than at present . Having stated what I regard as the requisite force to enable this army to advance , I now proceed to ...
... present and absent , of about 240,000 men , should the losses by sick- ness , & c . , not rise to a higher percentage than at present . Having stated what I regard as the requisite force to enable this army to advance , I now proceed to ...
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... Present . Absent . For duty . Sick . In confine- ment . Total present and absent . 169 , 452 15 , 102 2 , 189 191 , 480 14,790 2,260 11 , 470 11 , 707 198,213 219 , 707 190 , 806 14 , 363 2,917 14 , 110 222 , 196 193 , 142 13 , 167 ...
... Present . Absent . For duty . Sick . In confine- ment . Total present and absent . 169 , 452 15 , 102 2 , 189 191 , 480 14,790 2,260 11 , 470 11 , 707 198,213 219 , 707 190 , 806 14 , 363 2,917 14 , 110 222 , 196 193 , 142 13 , 167 ...
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... Present . Date . For duty . Sick . In arrest or con- finement . Aggregate . By authority . Without au- thority . Absent . Grand aggregate , present and absent . Officers . Men . Officers . Men . Officers . Men . April 30 .. 4 , 725 104 ...
... Present . Date . For duty . Sick . In arrest or con- finement . Aggregate . By authority . Without au- thority . Absent . Grand aggregate , present and absent . Officers . Men . Officers . Men . Officers . Men . April 30 .. 4 , 725 104 ...
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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