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, 1891 - 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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... Hill ; found enemy in force on the ridge , and this side . I am satisfied from observation and information of citi zens that there is no decrease of force there . I did [ not ] feel authorized to attack Tunnel Hill with four regiments ...
... Hill ; found enemy in force on the ridge , and this side . I am satisfied from observation and information of citi zens that there is no decrease of force there . I did [ not ] feel authorized to attack Tunnel Hill with four regiments ...
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... Hill , secure it and threaten Dalton in front , but not to attack its defenses until further orders , unless the enemy assume the offensive against either of our wings , when all must attack directly in front toward the enemy's main ...
... Hill , secure it and threaten Dalton in front , but not to attack its defenses until further orders , unless the enemy assume the offensive against either of our wings , when all must attack directly in front toward the enemy's main ...
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... Hill . My wagon train is at present two miles and a half toward Parker's Gap , at Salem Church . There are two good ... Hill road without firing a shot , paying no attention to the few shots fired by them . I directed these hills to be ...
... Hill . My wagon train is at present two miles and a half toward Parker's Gap , at Salem Church . There are two good ... Hill road without firing a shot , paying no attention to the few shots fired by them . I directed these hills to be ...
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... Hill at daylight on Saturday , May 7. Your march will be by the direct road . The soldiers will carry eight or ten days ' rations , three of which ( cooked ) will be taken in their hav- ersacks , and the balance in wagons ; as few ...
... Hill at daylight on Saturday , May 7. Your march will be by the direct road . The soldiers will carry eight or ten days ' rations , three of which ( cooked ) will be taken in their hav- ersacks , and the balance in wagons ; as few ...
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... Hill you move on Varnell's Station , inclining to your right so as to hold the road between Varnell's and Catoosa Springs . If you have reason to apprehend encountering a force superior to your own , you can cross the hills to your ...
... Hill you move on Varnell's Station , inclining to your right so as to hold the road between Varnell's and Catoosa Springs . If you have reason to apprehend encountering a force superior to your own , you can cross the hills to your ...
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Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Acworth Adairsville advance Allatoona artillery attack battery Big Shanty bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Captain cavalry Cavalry Division Chattanooga Chief of Staff Colonel cross CUMBERLAND Dallas Dalton Decatur DEPARTMENT AND ARMY dispatch enemy enemy's Etowah Fifteenth Army Corps flank force FOURTEENTH ARMY FOURTH ARMY CORPS front Garrard HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY Huntsville infantry J. M. SCHOFIELD June June 19 June 27 Kingston Lieut Lieutenant-General major-general commanding Major-General SCHOFIELD Major-General SHERMAN Major-General THOMAS Marietta McPherson miles MISSISSIPPI move movement Nashville obedient servant officer Ohio p. m. Major-General pickets POLK position Powder Springs railroad rear rebel regiment Resaca respectfully ridge Ringgold river Rome Sandtown Second Division sent skirmishers SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS Stoneman Tenn Tennessee Third Division to-day to-night train troops Tunnel Hill Twentieth Army Twentieth Army Corps TWENTIETH CORPS Twenty-third Army Corps Villanow W. T. SHERMAN wagons WHIPPLE