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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... once where we are . B. F. BUTLER , Major - General , Commanding . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . GENERAL BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS , May 17 , 1864. ( Received 8.30 p . m . ) On Thursday , May 12 , as stated in my last dispatch , I ...
... once where we are . B. F. BUTLER , Major - General , Commanding . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War . GENERAL BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS , May 17 , 1864. ( Received 8.30 p . m . ) On Thursday , May 12 , as stated in my last dispatch , I ...
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... once prepare my corps for important service . On reviewing the work then being performed by the detachment I discovered that eight signal stations were in operation in the District of North Caro- lina and six in the District of Virginia ...
... once prepare my corps for important service . On reviewing the work then being performed by the detachment I discovered that eight signal stations were in operation in the District of North Caro- lina and six in the District of Virginia ...
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... once prepared to communicate with the passing steamers and with Wilson's Wharf . We then pushed on to City Point , and there a landing was effected by General Hinks with Duncan's bri- gade , of his division . A rebel signal party was ...
... once prepared to communicate with the passing steamers and with Wilson's Wharf . We then pushed on to City Point , and there a landing was effected by General Hinks with Duncan's bri- gade , of his division . A rebel signal party was ...
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... once . The troops at General Ames ' old position at junction are forced back . If you don't reach the pike at once wo must lose it or the short road on right of Smith . Press strongly . This is per emptory . We will lose turnpike unless ...
... once . The troops at General Ames ' old position at junction are forced back . If you don't reach the pike at once wo must lose it or the short road on right of Smith . Press strongly . This is per emptory . We will lose turnpike unless ...
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... once to ascertain the localities around and about there ; the whereabouts of roads and their convergences . I proceeded at once to make all further necessary arrangements to hold the position and make such other changes as I thought ...
... once to ascertain the localities around and about there ; the whereabouts of roads and their convergences . I proceeded at once to make all further necessary arrangements to hold the position and make such other changes as I thought ...
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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