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, 1891 - 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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Page 33
... troops . It is due to us , to good faith , to honor , and to humanity that this order as to these troops be countermanded . SECRETARY OF WAR : THOS . E. BRAMLETTE , Governor of Kentucky . FRANKFORT , KY . , January 5 , 1864 . ( Received ...
... troops . It is due to us , to good faith , to honor , and to humanity that this order as to these troops be countermanded . SECRETARY OF WAR : THOS . E. BRAMLETTE , Governor of Kentucky . FRANKFORT , KY . , January 5 , 1864 . ( Received ...
Page 37
... troops are , in strict law , only to be removed by my order ; but General Grant's judgment would be the highest incentive to me to make such order . Nor can I understand how doing so is bad faith and dishonor , nor yet how it so exposes ...
... troops are , in strict law , only to be removed by my order ; but General Grant's judgment would be the highest incentive to me to make such order . Nor can I understand how doing so is bad faith and dishonor , nor yet how it so exposes ...
Page 41
... troops should occupy and hold at least a portion of Texas . The President so ordered , for reasons satisfactory to himself and his cabinet , and it was , therefore , unnecessary for us to inquire whether or not the troops could have ...
... troops should occupy and hold at least a portion of Texas . The President so ordered , for reasons satisfactory to himself and his cabinet , and it was , therefore , unnecessary for us to inquire whether or not the troops could have ...
Page 46
... troops have at all times evinced the greatest cheerfulness and devotion to duty ; but for the last thirty days it ... troops are better pro- vided than most of the others . It does seem necessary that our troops should be put in winter ...
... troops have at all times evinced the greatest cheerfulness and devotion to duty ; but for the last thirty days it ... troops are better pro- vided than most of the others . It does seem necessary that our troops should be put in winter ...
Page 108
... troops landing in the neighborhood and rebel re - enforcements pouring in . He met troops on cars on their way there . Ector's ( I don't know the spelling ) brigade remains at Brandon , a provost guard at Jackson , and Jackson's body ...
... troops landing in the neighborhood and rebel re - enforcements pouring in . He met troops on cars on their way there . Ector's ( I don't know the spelling ) brigade remains at Brandon , a provost guard at Jackson , and Jackson's body ...
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