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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Page 42
... forward in front of the redoubt on the west of the railroad in support of Rockwell's battery , sent to the same point , and Warren's battery was placed on the right of the road in front of White . The day was spent in skirmishing , in ...
... forward in front of the redoubt on the west of the railroad in support of Rockwell's battery , sent to the same point , and Warren's battery was placed on the right of the road in front of White . The day was spent in skirmishing , in ...
Page 46
... forward with the Eighty - fifth Penn- sylvania Volunteers and Thirty - ninth Illinois Volunteers on the road on the right of our column to Bottom Church to form on the right and hold it until relieved by a column of cavalry . I at once ...
... forward with the Eighty - fifth Penn- sylvania Volunteers and Thirty - ninth Illinois Volunteers on the road on the right of our column to Bottom Church to form on the right and hold it until relieved by a column of cavalry . I at once ...
Page 52
... forward skirmishers of the Seventh Connecticut , who were soon engaged . They moved through the wood about 200 yards to another field . Up a gentle slope about 400 yards distant was a fine house with garden fences and outbuildings , and ...
... forward skirmishers of the Seventh Connecticut , who were soon engaged . They moved through the wood about 200 yards to another field . Up a gentle slope about 400 yards distant was a fine house with garden fences and outbuildings , and ...
Page 53
... forward to the north edge of the wood in support of the Seventh Connecticut . Major Sanford had a few men in advance , who reported the enemy coming . It was not until it was within 50 or 75 yards that the enemy's line became visible ...
... forward to the north edge of the wood in support of the Seventh Connecticut . Major Sanford had a few men in advance , who reported the enemy coming . It was not until it was within 50 or 75 yards that the enemy's line became visible ...
Page 60
... forward . About 3.30 p . m . the line , Colonel Hawley commanding , was ordered forward on the charge , going up with the Seventh New Hampshire Volun- teers on their left , the Third New Hampshire in reserve , to the sum- mit of the ...
... forward . About 3.30 p . m . the line , Colonel Hawley commanding , was ordered forward on the charge , going up with the Seventh New Hampshire Volun- teers on their left , the Third New Hampshire in reserve , to the sum- mit of the ...
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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