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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... mile from the beach , it will be necessary , probably , in order to seize them , to assail by land as well as by water . Troops may be landed from boats on the beach , as Professor Bache states , about 3 miles from the northeast bluff ...
... mile from the beach , it will be necessary , probably , in order to seize them , to assail by land as well as by water . Troops may be landed from boats on the beach , as Professor Bache states , about 3 miles from the northeast bluff ...
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... miles above . In case the forts were not reduced , and a portion of the fleet got by them , it had been arranged between the flag - officer and myself that I should make a landing from the Gulf side on the rear of the forts at the ...
... miles above . In case the forts were not reduced , and a portion of the fleet got by them , it had been arranged between the flag - officer and myself that I should make a landing from the Gulf side on the rear of the forts at the ...
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... miles above New Orleans , over which the New Orleans , Jackson and Great Northern Rail- road runs . Answer . From the city limits to the four - mile post on the railroad the country is a swamp ; from that mile - post , which is about a mile ...
... miles above New Orleans , over which the New Orleans , Jackson and Great Northern Rail- road runs . Answer . From the city limits to the four - mile post on the railroad the country is a swamp ; from that mile - post , which is about a mile ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Carolina December 20 1860April | 14 |
Florida August 21 1861April 11 1862 1435 | 435 |
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