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, 1893 - 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 38
... fire on the enemy's lines about 800 yards distant and continued firing daily . The firing was also kept up steadily on the picket - lines . No changes of importance were made in the lines until the 21st , when two regiments of the Third ...
... fire on the enemy's lines about 800 yards distant and continued firing daily . The firing was also kept up steadily on the picket - lines . No changes of importance were made in the lines until the 21st , when two regiments of the Third ...
Page 53
... fire both from artillery and musketry . Third Division . November 1 to 14. - The division formed a portion of the garrison of Atlanta , nothing of interest transpiring . November 15. - Marched from Atlanta via Stone Mountain , Rock ...
... fire both from artillery and musketry . Third Division . November 1 to 14. - The division formed a portion of the garrison of Atlanta , nothing of interest transpiring . November 15. - Marched from Atlanta via Stone Mountain , Rock ...
Page 60
... fire in doing the work , since it would endanger buildings which it is not intended to destroy . These orders were faithfully carried out , and neither fire nor powder was used for destroying buildings until after they had been put in ...
... fire in doing the work , since it would endanger buildings which it is not intended to destroy . These orders were faithfully carried out , and neither fire nor powder was used for destroying buildings until after they had been put in ...
Page 66
... fire to the bridge . Some mounted infantry that he had in advance drove them from the bridge in time to put out the fire and save everything but the planking . The bridge was immediately repaired , and detained the column just forty ...
... fire to the bridge . Some mounted infantry that he had in advance drove them from the bridge in time to put out the fire and save everything but the planking . The bridge was immediately repaired , and detained the column just forty ...
Page 72
... fire at the fort , and our flags and men passing the abatis , through the ditch and over the parapet , and then we saw the men fire upward in the air , and could distinctly hear their cheer of triumph as they took possession of the fort ...
... fire at the fort , and our flags and men passing the abatis , through the ditch and over the parapet , and then we saw the men fire upward in the air , and could distinctly hear their cheer of triumph as they took possession of the fort ...
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Acting Assistant Adjutant-General advance Aide-de-Camp ambulance ARMY OF GEORGIA artillery Atlanta Augusta battery bivouacked Brig Brigadier-General Buck Head camp campaign Capt Captain captured cavalry Charleston Colonel column Creek crossed Davisborough December December 21 DEPARTMENT AND ARMY destroyed direction distance marched Eatonton encamped enemy enemy's Fifteenth Army Corps flank forage force Fort McAllister four miles Fourteenth Army Fourteenth Army Corps Fourth Division front Georgia guns HDQRS honor horses Illinois Infantry King's Bridge Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Little Ogeechee Louisville Macon Major-General Milledgeville Millen morning moved night November November 15 November 24 O. O. HOWARD obedient servant Oconee River officers Ogeechee River Ohio order of Maj Osterhaus picket position railroad rear guard rebel regiment respectfully Sandersville Second Brigade Second Division sent SEVENTEENTH ARMY SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS skirmishers South SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS Station swamp Third Brigade three miles to-morrow troops U. S. Army wagons Waynesborough wounded