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. |
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... dispatch that Beau- regard would join him as soon as the rest of his troops came up . have left General Gillmore to hold our intrenchments while Gen- eral Smith demonstrates upon Drewry and the enemy's lines . While this demonstration ...
... dispatch that Beau- regard would join him as soon as the rest of his troops came up . have left General Gillmore to hold our intrenchments while Gen- eral Smith demonstrates upon Drewry and the enemy's lines . While this demonstration ...
Page 37
... dispatch from Major - General Butler , dated 6 a . m .: The enemy has advanced from his works on our right and made a vigorous dem- onstration there ; a rapid movement on the left would , I think , carry his lines in your front . Make ...
... dispatch from Major - General Butler , dated 6 a . m .: The enemy has advanced from his works on our right and made a vigorous dem- onstration there ; a rapid movement on the left would , I think , carry his lines in your front . Make ...
Page 38
... dispatch : There have been three assaults on General Terry's front ; each has been repulsed handsomely . The assaults were in force . If I move to the assault and meet a repulse , our loss would be fearful . About 7.15 a . m . I ...
... dispatch : There have been three assaults on General Terry's front ; each has been repulsed handsomely . The assaults were in force . If I move to the assault and meet a repulse , our loss would be fearful . About 7.15 a . m . I ...
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... dispatch re- ceived from General Terry to the effect : " Your left is seriously threatened ; hold it firmly , or you peril our safety . " I would have held it firmly . About this time I opened communication with Col- onel Voris . I ...
... dispatch re- ceived from General Terry to the effect : " Your left is seriously threatened ; hold it firmly , or you peril our safety . " I would have held it firmly . About this time I opened communication with Col- onel Voris . I ...
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... dispatch of the Secretary of War , dated May 17 , 9 p . m . , published in the New York papers , in which it is said : " The enemy under cover of a thick fog made an * See p . 73 . Aggregate . attack upon Smith's line and forced it back ...
... dispatch of the Secretary of War , dated May 17 , 9 p . m . , published in the New York papers , in which it is said : " The enemy under cover of a thick fog made an * See p . 73 . Aggregate . attack upon Smith's line and forced it back ...
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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