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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... enemy's position very thoroughly and came upon his works at several points . Having accomplished all that was possible , the force returned to City Point in the night . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , S. B. PARTRIDGE , First ...
... enemy's position very thoroughly and came upon his works at several points . Having accomplished all that was possible , the force returned to City Point in the night . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , S. B. PARTRIDGE , First ...
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... enemy was directly in our front behind Proctor's Creek . ASSAULT OF WOOLDRIDGE HILL . On the evening of the 12th I was ordered by Major - General But- ler to move to the left on the following morning and turn the right of the enemy's ...
... enemy was directly in our front behind Proctor's Creek . ASSAULT OF WOOLDRIDGE HILL . On the evening of the 12th I was ordered by Major - General But- ler to move to the left on the following morning and turn the right of the enemy's ...
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... enemy made an assault upon General Terry's front in force and were repulsed . At 6.40 a . m . I sent Major - Gen- eral Butler the following dispatch : Your orders to charge the enemy's line will be obeyed as soon as the troops are ready ...
... enemy made an assault upon General Terry's front in force and were repulsed . At 6.40 a . m . I sent Major - Gen- eral Butler the following dispatch : Your orders to charge the enemy's line will be obeyed as soon as the troops are ready ...
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... enemy's flank . After a painful and fatiguing march our main column arrived directly on the flank of the enemy's works . The Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers , under Lieut . Col. J. I. Plimpton , was then , by the order of the ...
... enemy's flank . After a painful and fatiguing march our main column arrived directly on the flank of the enemy's works . The Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers , under Lieut . Col. J. I. Plimpton , was then , by the order of the ...
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... enemy's second line of works . My division was formed in the following order , from right to left : Hawley's brigade on the right ; then Plaisted's , White's , with its left on the railroad and a little retired , and later in the day ...
... enemy's second line of works . My division was formed in the following order , from right to left : Hawley's brigade on the right ; then Plaisted's , White's , with its left on the railroad and a little retired , and later in the day ...
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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