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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... advance must be supplied . General S. D. STURGIS , U. S. GRANT , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES , Mossy Creek , January 3 , 1864–9 a . m . General Parke's Headquarters , Strawberry Plains : I have withdrawn McCook , forming ...
... advance must be supplied . General S. D. STURGIS , U. S. GRANT , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES , Mossy Creek , January 3 , 1864–9 a . m . General Parke's Headquarters , Strawberry Plains : I have withdrawn McCook , forming ...
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... advance toward Red River . * It was at one time hoped that you might co - operate with General Banks in holding that line , and thus secure Arkansas and Missouri from further rebel raids , but when General Banks changed his plan of ...
... advance toward Red River . * It was at one time hoped that you might co - operate with General Banks in holding that line , and thus secure Arkansas and Missouri from further rebel raids , but when General Banks changed his plan of ...
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... advance . Have your trains pulled out on the road ready to move . The entire division train will move in advance of the division . Colonels Wolford and Garrard's divisions precede us . Have your brigade in readiness to move , and await ...
... advance . Have your trains pulled out on the road ready to move . The entire division train will move in advance of the division . Colonels Wolford and Garrard's divisions precede us . Have your brigade in readiness to move , and await ...
Page 99
... advance not to exceed two- thirds of his men could be taken . The difficulties of supplying these are such that to send re - enforcements at present would be to put the whole on insufficient rations for their support . Under these ...
... advance not to exceed two- thirds of his men could be taken . The difficulties of supplying these are such that to send re - enforcements at present would be to put the whole on insufficient rations for their support . Under these ...
Page 100
... advance and try to detain the force now in Thomas ' front . Sherman will be instructed , while left with large discretionary powers , to take no extra hazard of losing his army or of getting it crippled too much for efficient service in ...
... advance and try to detain the force now in Thomas ' front . Sherman will be instructed , while left with large discretionary powers , to take no extra hazard of losing his army or of getting it crippled too much for efficient service in ...
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Adjutant and Inspector Army of Tennessee Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Battalion Battery bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain Chattanooga Chief of Cavalry Collierville Colonel command Confederate cross Cumberland Dalton Dandridge Demopolis DEPARTMENT OF EAST direction dispatch duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's February February 11 forage force Forrest French Broad G. M. DODGE Georgia guard H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT horses Illinois Troops Indiana Troops indorsement Infantry J. E. JOHNSTON James January January 20 John Knoxville Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-General Polk Longstreet Major-General Major-General GRANT Memphis ment Meridian miles Miss Mississippi Mobile morning move movement Nashville obedient servant officers Ohio Troops quartermaster railroad re-enforcements rebel received Regiment respectfully Richmond river road Russellville SCHOFIELD scouts sent Sevierville SIXTEENTH ARMY SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS SPECIAL ORDERS Strawberry Plains supplies telegraph Tenn Tennessee Troops Thomas to-morrow U. S. GRANT U. S. Volunteers Vicksburg W. T. SHERMAN wagons William