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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... whole sick report never exceeded 8 per cent . of the force , and this including all sorts of cases , the trivial as well as the severe . The Army of the Potomac must be conceded to have been the most healthy army in the service of the ...
... whole sick report never exceeded 8 per cent . of the force , and this including all sorts of cases , the trivial as well as the severe . The Army of the Potomac must be conceded to have been the most healthy army in the service of the ...
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... whole line . If this plan was wise , and events have failed to prove that it was not , then it is unnecessary to defend any delay which would have enabled the Army of the Potomac to perform its share in the execution of the whole work ...
... whole line . If this plan was wise , and events have failed to prove that it was not , then it is unnecessary to defend any delay which would have enabled the Army of the Potomac to perform its share in the execution of the whole work ...
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... whole theater of war , or to seek a shorter land route to Richmond , with a smaller available force , and at an expenditure of much more time than were we to adopt the short line at once . We would also have forced the enemy to ...
... whole theater of war , or to seek a shorter land route to Richmond , with a smaller available force , and at an expenditure of much more time than were we to adopt the short line at once . We would also have forced the enemy to ...
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... whole state of the case the President was fully satisfied . I contented myself , therefore , with giving to the Secretary a brief statement , as I have written here . The design aimed at was entirely compassed , and before the 1st of ...
... whole state of the case the President was fully satisfied . I contented myself , therefore , with giving to the Secretary a brief statement , as I have written here . The design aimed at was entirely compassed , and before the 1st of ...
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... whole of our available force on ' either or both banks of the James . It is impossible to urge too strongly the absolute necessity of the full co - operation of the Navy as a part of this programme . Without it the operations may be ...
... whole of our available force on ' either or both banks of the James . It is impossible to urge too strongly the absolute necessity of the full co - operation of the Navy as a part of this programme . Without it the operations may be ...
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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