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, 1891 - 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 23
... Gillmore's command ordered to withdraw from the left and form in rear of the center . Signals were brought into requisition during this change between General Gill- more's position near the turnpike and his troops while they were leav ...
... Gillmore's command ordered to withdraw from the left and form in rear of the center . Signals were brought into requisition during this change between General Gill- more's position near the turnpike and his troops while they were leav ...
Page 27
... Gillmore on the expedition toward Petersburg , having with me Second Lieut . O. B. Ireland , Signal Corps , U. S. Army , and 5 men . We reached the defenses of the city at 11 a . m . , and finding them too strong to be assaulted with ...
... Gillmore on the expedition toward Petersburg , having with me Second Lieut . O. B. Ireland , Signal Corps , U. S. Army , and 5 men . We reached the defenses of the city at 11 a . m . , and finding them too strong to be assaulted with ...
Page 34
... GILLMORE , Brevet Major - General , U. S. Army . P. S. - Copies of the reports of Brig . Gens . Alfred H. Terry and John W. Turner are also transmitted herewith . Q. A. GILLMORE , Brevet Major - General . HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS ...
... GILLMORE , Brevet Major - General , U. S. Army . P. S. - Copies of the reports of Brig . Gens . Alfred H. Terry and John W. Turner are also transmitted herewith . Q. A. GILLMORE , Brevet Major - General . HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY CORPS ...
Page 35
... GILLMORE , Major - General , Commanding Tenth Army Corps . W. F. SMITH , Major - General , Commanding Eighteenth Army Corps . The following reply was received about midnight : HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS , DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA ...
... GILLMORE , Major - General , Commanding Tenth Army Corps . W. F. SMITH , Major - General , Commanding Eighteenth Army Corps . The following reply was received about midnight : HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS , DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA ...
Page 39
... GILLMORE : 9.30 . The enemy is pressing around our right . Smith has fallen back to near Half - Way House . The enemy is near Dr. Howlett's . You must fall back , press to right , and get in rear of Smith's corps . He will try and hold ...
... GILLMORE : 9.30 . The enemy is pressing around our right . Smith has fallen back to near Half - Way House . The enemy is near Dr. Howlett's . You must fall back , press to right , and get in rear of Smith's corps . He will try and hold ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. A. HUMPHREYS advance Aide-de-Camp ammunition artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery Belle Plain Bermuda Hundred bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Chief of Staff City Point Colonel Comdg command of Major-General companies Creek dispatch Drewry's Bluff Eighteenth Army enemy enemy's FIFTH ARMY CORPS Fifth Corps fire flank force Fort Monroe Fredericksburg front G. K. WARREN HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY honor infantry intrenchments James River Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-General GRANT line of battle Major-General and Chief Major-General BURNSIDE major-general commanding directs Major-General HANCOCK Major-General HUMPHREYS Major-General Meade Major-General WARREN miles morning move NINTH ARMY North Carolina obedient servant officers ordered p. m. Major-General Petersburg picket-line pickets plank road position POTOMAC Q. A. GILLMORE railroad rear rebel received regiment respectfully Richmond SECOND CORPS sent Sixth Corps skirmishers Spotsylvania Court-House Station TENTH ARMY CORPS to-morrow trains troops turnpike U. S. GRANT Volunteers wagons WINF'D wounded