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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... column across Savannah River at this point ; will soon have another at Port Royal Ferry , and expect to make another crossing at Sister's Ferry . I still adhere to my plan submitted to General Grant , and only await provisions and ...
... column across Savannah River at this point ; will soon have another at Port Royal Ferry , and expect to make another crossing at Sister's Ferry . I still adhere to my plan submitted to General Grant , and only await provisions and ...
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... column ; but they would come along and he took up his pontoon bridge , not because he wanted to leave them , but because he wanted his bridge . He and Slocum both tell me that they don't believe Wheeler killed one of them . Slocum's column ...
... column ; but they would come along and he took up his pontoon bridge , not because he wanted to leave them , but because he wanted his bridge . He and Slocum both tell me that they don't believe Wheeler killed one of them . Slocum's column ...
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... column of 20,000 men . Fort Fisher , you are aware , has been captured . We have a force there of 8,000 effective . At New Berne about half that number . It is rumored through deserters that Wilmington also has fallen . I am inclined to ...
... column of 20,000 men . Fort Fisher , you are aware , has been captured . We have a force there of 8,000 effective . At New Berne about half that number . It is rumored through deserters that Wilmington also has fallen . I am inclined to ...
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... column , letting him get one day's start of you . The advance of his column is about seven miles from the city , stuck fast in the mud . This will delay your moving till Monday morning at best . GENERAL ORDERS , L. M. DAYTON , Major and ...
... column , letting him get one day's start of you . The advance of his column is about seven miles from the city , stuck fast in the mud . This will delay your moving till Monday morning at best . GENERAL ORDERS , L. M. DAYTON , Major and ...
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... column arrived , and the ammunition and part of the supply trains following closely . I expected the remainder of my division would arrive without serious difficulty . About this time I received a communication from Major - General ...
... column arrived , and the ammunition and part of the supply trains following closely . I expected the remainder of my division would arrive without serious difficulty . About this time I received a communication from Major - General ...
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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