The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesSeries I: Contains the 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, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the "reports" proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order. Volume XIV. 1885. (Vol. 14, Chap. 26) Chapter XXVI - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida. Apr 12, 1862-Jun 11, 1863. |
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... mortar platforms were sunk to high - water mark . This brought them in many cases to within 6 or 8 inches of the ... mortar of Battery Halleck ( 2,400 yards from the work ) , fired under the direction of Lieut . Horace Porter ...
... mortar platforms were sunk to high - water mark . This brought them in many cases to within 6 or 8 inches of the ... mortar of Battery Halleck ( 2,400 yards from the work ) , fired under the direction of Lieut . Horace Porter ...
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... mortar boats . Two more abortive attempts were made to send down fire barges against the enemy during the night . April 18. - At 9 a . m . the enemy opened upon Fort Jackson with his entire mortar fleet of twenty - one vessels and with ...
... mortar boats . Two more abortive attempts were made to send down fire barges against the enemy during the night . April 18. - At 9 a . m . the enemy opened upon Fort Jackson with his entire mortar fleet of twenty - one vessels and with ...
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... mortar fleet was opened at 9 a . m . The force employed by the enemy against us consisted of twenty - one mortar vessels and a fleet of about twenty - one steam vessels of war , car- rying more than 200 guns of the heaviest caliber ...
... mortar fleet was opened at 9 a . m . The force employed by the enemy against us consisted of twenty - one mortar vessels and a fleet of about twenty - one steam vessels of war , car- rying more than 200 guns of the heaviest caliber ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Carolina December 20 1860April | 14 |
CHAPTER XVI | 436 |
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