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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... rebel defenses ; encamped near canal . December 10. - Marched down south bank of canal ; came upon the enemy about five miles from Savannah ; found them posted behind an impassable swamp ; drove their skirmishers from swamp , and ...
... rebel defenses ; encamped near canal . December 10. - Marched down south bank of canal ; came upon the enemy about five miles from Savannah ; found them posted behind an impassable swamp ; drove their skirmishers from swamp , and ...
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... rebels last night and occupied by our army this morning . December 22 - Removed camp one mile and a half toward the ... rebel quarter- master . 3 R R - VOL XLIV December 9. - Marched at 7 a . m . CHAP . LVI . ] 33 THE SAVANNAH CAMPAIGN .
... rebels last night and occupied by our army this morning . December 22 - Removed camp one mile and a half toward the ... rebel quarter- master . 3 R R - VOL XLIV December 9. - Marched at 7 a . m . CHAP . LVI . ] 33 THE SAVANNAH CAMPAIGN .
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... rebel batteries , but being covered by an impenetrable swamp and dense woods , suffered but little . December 21. - After the evacuation of the place by the rebels moved camp nearer the town . Third Brigade , Second Division . December ...
... rebel batteries , but being covered by an impenetrable swamp and dense woods , suffered but little . December 21. - After the evacuation of the place by the rebels moved camp nearer the town . Third Brigade , Second Division . December ...
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... rebel cav- alry followed closely and encountered the Sixty - first Ohio Veteran Vol- unteers in rear of the column at 1 p . m ; passed through Eatonton at 4 p . m .; trains much impeded by the mud and helped along by the troops ...
... rebel cav- alry followed closely and encountered the Sixty - first Ohio Veteran Vol- unteers in rear of the column at 1 p . m ; passed through Eatonton at 4 p . m .; trains much impeded by the mud and helped along by the troops ...
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... rebel defenses were destroyed by tearing up the iron , piling up the ties , and after putting the rails across them firing the wood which heated the iron and then the rails were twisted . The rails were torn up by using a small but very ...
... rebel defenses were destroyed by tearing up the iron , piling up the ties , and after putting the rails across them firing the wood which heated the iron and then the rails were twisted . The rails were torn up by using a small but very ...
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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