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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Page 185
... boats . will have that , and it is not designed he should operate far from your boats . Should you find an enemy at Satartia or Yazoo City , I want them engaged , whether you drive them off or not . The mo- ment they find I have crossed ...
... boats . will have that , and it is not designed he should operate far from your boats . Should you find an enemy at Satartia or Yazoo City , I want them engaged , whether you drive them off or not . The mo- ment they find I have crossed ...
Page 388
... boats and transports coming up the Yazoo River . Two boats were already at Satartia , and the smoke of others was plainly visible below . Hop- ing to surprise the two advance boats , I moved rapidly from Me- chanicsburg to Satartia ...
... boats and transports coming up the Yazoo River . Two boats were already at Satartia , and the smoke of others was plainly visible below . Hop- ing to surprise the two advance boats , I moved rapidly from Me- chanicsburg to Satartia ...
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... boats again ap- peared in sight . I had , however , exhausted almost all my artillery ammunition and determined to husband the remainder for an emergency . No resistance to the boats passing was therefore attempted , but as the ...
... boats again ap- peared in sight . I had , however , exhausted almost all my artillery ammunition and determined to husband the remainder for an emergency . No resistance to the boats passing was therefore attempted , but as the ...
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Jan 1 1864 Skirmish at Dandridge Tenn | 2 |
Operations in Kentucky Middle and East Tennessee North Alabama and Southwest Virginia Jan | 29 |
Skirmish at Marshall | 71 |
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