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, 1890 - 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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... shells will be used , preferably the former . Each mortar will fire once every five minutes , alternating from the right in each battery . The shells should be 20 [ CHAP . XL . S. C. AND GA . coasts , AND IN MID . AND E. FLA . II. The ...
... shells will be used , preferably the former . Each mortar will fire once every five minutes , alternating from the right in each battery . The shells should be 20 [ CHAP . XL . S. C. AND GA . coasts , AND IN MID . AND E. FLA . II. The ...
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United States. War Department. the right in each battery . The shells should be exploded in or directly over Fort Wagner . By order of Brig . Gen. Q. A. Gillmore : Capt . LOOMIS L. LANGDON , ED . W. SMITH , Assistant ... shells should be ...
United States. War Department. the right in each battery . The shells should be exploded in or directly over Fort Wagner . By order of Brig . Gen. Q. A. Gillmore : Capt . LOOMIS L. LANGDON , ED . W. SMITH , Assistant ... shells should be ...
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... shells at intervals of time into Fort Wagner , and occasionally the enemy's flanking batteries on James Island throw shots and shells into our batteries to delay their completion , but nothing more . The captain does not know how many ...
... shells at intervals of time into Fort Wagner , and occasionally the enemy's flanking batteries on James Island throw shots and shells into our batteries to delay their completion , but nothing more . The captain does not know how many ...
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... shells into the city from my batteries ; also duplicates of my answers thereto . I have the honor to be , general , very respectfully , your obedient servant , Q. A. GILLMORE , Brigadier - General , Commanding . [ Inclosure No. 1 ...
... shells into the city from my batteries ; also duplicates of my answers thereto . I have the honor to be , general , very respectfully , your obedient servant , Q. A. GILLMORE , Brigadier - General , Commanding . [ Inclosure No. 1 ...
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... shells into the city , the inhabitants of which , of course , were asleep and unarmed . About 9 o'clock this morning , the communication alluded to above was returned to these headquarters , bearing your recognized official signature ...
... shells into the city , the inhabitants of which , of course , were asleep and unarmed . About 9 o'clock this morning , the communication alluded to above was returned to these headquarters , bearing your recognized official signature ...
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10-inch columbiad Adjutant and Inspector Admiral DAHLGREN Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack August August 22 Battalion Battery Wagner boats Brig brigade Brigadier-General Capt Captain Charleston Chief Engineer chief of artillery Chief of Staff Colonel columbiad Comdg companies Confederate COOPER Creek Cumming's Point D. B. HARRIS defense DEPT duty enemy enemy's fire FLORIDA Folly Island force Fort Johnson Fort Sumter G. T. BEAUREGARD Georgia Georgia Troops gunboats guns HAGOOD harbor HDQRS Heavy Artillery Hilton Head honor indorsement Infantry instructions iron-clads James Island Johnson July Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel lines Major-General Military District monitors Morris Island Moultrie negroes night November obedient servant October officers picket Q. A. GILLMORE R. S. RIPLEY re-enforcements Regiment respectfully Richmond River Savannah Secessionville sent September shells siege South Carolina Artillery South Carolina Cavalry South Carolina Troops South Carolina Volunteers SPECIAL ORDERS steamer Stono Sullivan's Island Sumter Third Military District THOMAS JORDAN tion torpedoes