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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... fire— altogether a most successful expedition . The enemy are now mov- ing down from Richmond in large force to cover the turnpike and railroad opposite my position , so as to repair it . We have captured some of Longstreet's men and ...
... fire— altogether a most successful expedition . The enemy are now mov- ing down from Richmond in large force to cover the turnpike and railroad opposite my position , so as to repair it . We have captured some of Longstreet's men and ...
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... fire of the gun - boats upon the enemy and kept up constant communication with Fort Powhatan , 7 miles distant , and where was located the nearest force that could afford assistance , if necessary . For these services then rendered the ...
... fire of the gun - boats upon the enemy and kept up constant communication with Fort Powhatan , 7 miles distant , and where was located the nearest force that could afford assistance , if necessary . For these services then rendered the ...
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... fire at different times . The force returned to this place in the evening of the 16th , and the stations at the front were reopened . During the assaults on our works May 20 signal commu- nication was opened from Batteries Nos . 1 , 3 ...
... fire at different times . The force returned to this place in the evening of the 16th , and the stations at the front were reopened . During the assaults on our works May 20 signal commu- nication was opened from Batteries Nos . 1 , 3 ...
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... fire constantly . There have been seventeen stations established and worked by my party since coming to this place ; twelve of them under fire , four of the latter now in operation . Very respectfully , yours , Capt . L. B. NORTON ...
... fire constantly . There have been seventeen stations established and worked by my party since coming to this place ; twelve of them under fire , four of the latter now in operation . Very respectfully , yours , Capt . L. B. NORTON ...
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... fire of gun - boats and any attacking force that might assail the works on the right . June 2 , General Terry desiring the admiral to open fire on his front for practice and to get the ranges , & c . , I went aboard the On- ondaga . We ...
... fire of gun - boats and any attacking force that might assail the works on the right . June 2 , General Terry desiring the admiral to open fire on his front for practice and to get the ranges , & c . , I went aboard the On- ondaga . We ...
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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