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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... guns , as an assurance of our permanent occupancy , will be of great value . Therefore please hasten them ... gun - boat . Should your information of the force and position of the enemy lead you to the opinion that an advance would be ...
... guns , as an assurance of our permanent occupancy , will be of great value . Therefore please hasten them ... gun - boat . Should your information of the force and position of the enemy lead you to the opinion that an advance would be ...
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... guns may be provided here , without delay , of such a nature as will indicate that we may not evacuate this place in a hurry . If they are not to be expected , I beg that I may be so informed ; if they are , that I be advised of the ...
... guns may be provided here , without delay , of such a nature as will indicate that we may not evacuate this place in a hurry . If they are not to be expected , I beg that I may be so informed ; if they are , that I be advised of the ...
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... guns ; ram Baltic plated with 2 - inch iron , the wheel - house protected with cotton ; Huntsville and Nashville with four guns each . Besides those iron - clads , there are three wooden gun - boats , Selma , Gaines , and Morgan . Selma ...
... guns ; ram Baltic plated with 2 - inch iron , the wheel - house protected with cotton ; Huntsville and Nashville with four guns each . Besides those iron - clads , there are three wooden gun - boats , Selma , Gaines , and Morgan . Selma ...
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... guns , and I shall probably send there two 24 - pounder smooth and one of the old carronades ; the two 6 - pounders captured here to be so arranged as to be placed wherever circumstances may direct , and to be har- nessed by the post ...
... guns , and I shall probably send there two 24 - pounder smooth and one of the old carronades ; the two 6 - pounders captured here to be so arranged as to be placed wherever circumstances may direct , and to be har- nessed by the post ...
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... guns ( smooth - bores ) , two 8 - inch siege mortars , and that two 8 - inch sea - coast howitzers and one 8 - inch naval gun are expected soon . The following disposition will be made of the above guns , unless good reasons should be ...
... guns ( smooth - bores ) , two 8 - inch siege mortars , and that two 8 - inch sea - coast howitzers and one 8 - inch naval gun are expected soon . The following disposition will be made of the above guns , unless good reasons should be ...
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Adjutant and Inspector Aide-de-Camp April Army Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Battalion Battery boats Brig brigade Brigadier-General Camp Milton Capt Captain cavalry Charleston Chief of Staff Colonel columbiad Comdg companies Confederate DEPT DISTRICT OF FLORIDA duty enemy enemy's fire Folly Island force Fort Johnson Fort Sumter G. T. BEAUREGARD garrison Georgia gun-boats guns H. W. FEILDEN H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT Hilton Head honor howitzers inclose indorsement Infantry instant J. G. FOSTER Jacksonville James Island John's Island July Lieut Lieutenant Light Artillery Major March Morris Island NORTHERN DISTRICT obedient servant officers ordnance Palatka pickets Port Royal prisoners re-enforcements rebel received Regiment respectfully Richmond rifled Ripley River Royall's House Saint John's Samuel Jones Savannah SCHIMMELFENNIG sent South Carolina South Carolina Troops SPECIAL ORDERS steamer STRINGFELLOW Sullivan's Island Sumter TALIAFERRO Third Military District transportation U. S. Colored Troops W. L. M. BURGER York Volunteers