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, 1898 - 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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... miles and a half to tide water on Wolf Creek , western extremity of Perdido Bay ; thence by steamer or schooner to eastern side of Perdido Bay , within seven or eight miles of the navy - yard . I request that you will as soon as ...
... miles and a half to tide water on Wolf Creek , western extremity of Perdido Bay ; thence by steamer or schooner to eastern side of Perdido Bay , within seven or eight miles of the navy - yard . I request that you will as soon as ...
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... miles from Fort Morgan , and marched under cover of the sand hills , they could approach , with a front of nearly the whole breadth of the land , to a point within 300 yards of the glacis . Colonel Hardee is having the hills leveled ...
... miles from Fort Morgan , and marched under cover of the sand hills , they could approach , with a front of nearly the whole breadth of the land , to a point within 300 yards of the glacis . Colonel Hardee is having the hills leveled ...
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... miles above this place , at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers . In a strategical and military point of ... mile wide , and to the north of the town are the iron banks— immense bluffs , which rise 200 feet above the river ...
... miles above this place , at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers . In a strategical and military point of ... mile wide , and to the north of the town are the iron banks— immense bluffs , which rise 200 feet above the river ...
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... miles and a quarter wide , both of these works combined do not effect- ively command the middle of it , where an eight - foot channel is available to the enemy . Here I would anchor a floating battery ; a bay steamer , perhaps ...
... miles and a quarter wide , both of these works combined do not effect- ively command the middle of it , where an eight - foot channel is available to the enemy . Here I would anchor a floating battery ; a bay steamer , perhaps ...
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... miles exposed to a furious foe . That such is the case is the fault neither of the Governor nor of our party , but of those false leaders and imbeciles who preferred party advantage to the safety of our Commonwealth . Our military ...
... miles exposed to a furious foe . That such is the case is the fault neither of the Governor nor of our party , but of those false leaders and imbeciles who preferred party advantage to the safety of our Commonwealth . Our military ...
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