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, 1895 - 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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... Charleston as of any military importance . He can pass it by , unless in doing so he leaves a force in his rear which it will be dangerous to have there . It will be left entirely to his own discretion whether Charleston should be taken ...
... Charleston as of any military importance . He can pass it by , unless in doing so he leaves a force in his rear which it will be dangerous to have there . It will be left entirely to his own discretion whether Charleston should be taken ...
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... Charleston . To facil- itate the matter the substance was also telegraphed him . I now trans- mit herewith his response to your communication , and also a dispatch to myself upon the same subject , which will explain themselves ...
... Charleston . To facil- itate the matter the substance was also telegraphed him . I now trans- mit herewith his response to your communication , and also a dispatch to myself upon the same subject , which will explain themselves ...
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... Charleston Harbor . H. W. FEILDEN , Assistant Adjutant - General . [ JANUARY 8 , 1865. - For Special Field Orders , No. 6 , Military Division of the Mississippi ( Sherman's ) , announcing congratulatory letters from President Lincoln ...
... Charleston Harbor . H. W. FEILDEN , Assistant Adjutant - General . [ JANUARY 8 , 1865. - For Special Field Orders , No. 6 , Military Division of the Mississippi ( Sherman's ) , announcing congratulatory letters from President Lincoln ...
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... Charleston , and have fixed Wednesday , the 11th instant , to take them on board at our wharves . Captain Audenried , of my staff , will conduct the business , and I will authorize any expense necessary to carry out the undertaking ...
... Charleston , and have fixed Wednesday , the 11th instant , to take them on board at our wharves . Captain Audenried , of my staff , will conduct the business , and I will authorize any expense necessary to carry out the undertaking ...
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... Charleston on the first night of the bombardment . Those three shells caused Beauregard to squeal like a stuck pig . Those shells were confounded with a worthless shell known as the short shell , which I predicted a failure in advance ...
... Charleston on the first night of the bombardment . Those three shells caused Beauregard to squeal like a stuck pig . Those shells were confounded with a worthless shell known as the short shell , which I predicted a failure in advance ...
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A. M. VAN DYKE Acting Assistant Adjutant-General artillery battery Beaufort Berne boats Brevet Major-General bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Cape Fear River Capt Captain cavalry Charleston Cheraw Chief of Rail CITY POINT Colonel and Chief Cox's Bridge Creek Cross-Roads crossing DEPARTMENT AND ARMY dispatch enemy F. P. Blair Fayetteville February February 25 Fifteenth Army Corps forage Fourth Division Goldsborough HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT Hilton Head honor to report Infantry J. M. SCHOFIELD January January 21 Kinston Lieut Logan Major major-general commanding Major-General SCHOFIELD March March 14 March 22 miles MILITARY DIVISION MISSISSIPPI morning move North Carolina O. O. HOWARD obedient servant officer Ohio order of Maj PARSONS Pocotaligo pontoon Rail and River railroad rear regiment respectfully River Transportation road Savannah Second Brigade Second Division sent Seventeenth Army Corps Slocum South SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS SPECIAL ORDERS steamer TENNESSEE to-day to-night train troops Volunteers W. T. SHERMAN wagons Wilmington WOODHULL yesterday