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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... rails would be burned , horses and mules taken , and corn eaten up . I would risk that march with just enough wagons ... rail- road at Pocotaligo , with a good road back twenty - five miles to Beau- fort . I will order Howard to forage ...
... rails would be burned , horses and mules taken , and corn eaten up . I would risk that march with just enough wagons ... rail- road at Pocotaligo , with a good road back twenty - five miles to Beau- fort . I will order Howard to forage ...
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... rail- road toward Goldsborough and Raleigh , and also probably toward Wilmington . I wish you to have as full and complete information as you can procure in respect to the enemy's force , condition of the roads toward Goldsborough , and ...
... rail- road toward Goldsborough and Raleigh , and also probably toward Wilmington . I wish you to have as full and complete information as you can procure in respect to the enemy's force , condition of the roads toward Goldsborough , and ...
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... ) , will move by rail to Annapolis , Md . , and embark at that point , and move without delay to Fort Fisher . This brigade will take precedence of all other troops in embarking at. CHAP . LIX . ] 213 CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. - UNION .
... ) , will move by rail to Annapolis , Md . , and embark at that point , and move without delay to Fort Fisher . This brigade will take precedence of all other troops in embarking at. CHAP . LIX . ] 213 CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. - UNION .
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... rail , and arrived there on the morning of the 20th in advance of any of the transports . During the previous night the weather suddenly changed from the mild and genial temperature with which we had hitherto been favored , and the ...
... rail , and arrived there on the morning of the 20th in advance of any of the transports . During the previous night the weather suddenly changed from the mild and genial temperature with which we had hitherto been favored , and the ...
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... Rail and River Transportation . [ Inclosures . ] Copies of orders , letters , and telegrams . Col. LEWIS B. PARSONS , WAR DEPARTMENT , January 11 , 1865 . Chief of Rail and River Transportation , Washington , D. C .: COLONEL : It having ...
... Rail and River Transportation . [ Inclosures . ] Copies of orders , letters , and telegrams . Col. LEWIS B. PARSONS , WAR DEPARTMENT , January 11 , 1865 . Chief of Rail and River Transportation , Washington , D. C .: COLONEL : It having ...
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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