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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... force which is amply sufficient to meet all the chances of war in that region of our country . Since the capture of Atlanta my staff is unchanged , save that Gen- eral Barry , chief of artillery , has been absent , sick , since our ...
... force which is amply sufficient to meet all the chances of war in that region of our country . Since the capture of Atlanta my staff is unchanged , save that Gen- eral Barry , chief of artillery , has been absent , sick , since our ...
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... force upon the fort without suffering from the explosion of these shells . The fact that nearly all the guns of the fort were mounted in barbette rendered it much easier to carry it by assault , since our skirmish line advancing at a ...
... force upon the fort without suffering from the explosion of these shells . The fact that nearly all the guns of the fort were mounted in barbette rendered it much easier to carry it by assault , since our skirmish line advancing at a ...
Page 63
... force , since he would necessarily put himself in a " pocket . " Third . The defense of the river navigation : This is best accomplished by a force stationed at this city large enough to go out and fight any enemy that would be likely ...
... force , since he would necessarily put himself in a " pocket . " Third . The defense of the river navigation : This is best accomplished by a force stationed at this city large enough to go out and fight any enemy that would be likely ...
Page 68
... force of the enemy from two stockades and across the bridge . He found that Jackson's Ferry was an old abandoned route through the swamp , completely impracticable . I therefore directed that General Blair's corps move to Ball's Ferry ...
... force of the enemy from two stockades and across the bridge . He found that Jackson's Ferry was an old abandoned route through the swamp , completely impracticable . I therefore directed that General Blair's corps move to Ball's Ferry ...
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... force near the Twelve - Mile Post , having a line of works in his front , I resolved to turn his position by sending two divisions of the Fifteenth Corps down the west bank of the Ogeechee , which were to force a crossing of the ...
... force near the Twelve - Mile Post , having a line of works in his front , I resolved to turn his position by sending two divisions of the Fifteenth Corps down the west bank of the Ogeechee , which were to force a crossing of the ...
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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