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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... ordered to iron - clad Canonicus to remain until the flag - ship returned , and returned at dark ; and again on the 28th in- stant I was ordered to Canonicus . During the month I have sent over 100 official messages , and was constantly ...
... ordered to iron - clad Canonicus to remain until the flag - ship returned , and returned at dark ; and again on the 28th in- stant I was ordered to Canonicus . During the month I have sent over 100 official messages , and was constantly ...
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... ordered by General Terry to proceed 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 ...
... ordered by General Terry to proceed 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 ...
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... ordered by Gen- eral Butler to convoy an ammunition train to General Gillmore , near Drewry's Bluff . May 16. - The Thirty - ninth Illinois Volunteers engaged with the enemy ; Col. T. O. Osborn severely wounded . May 18. - The Thirty ...
... ordered by Gen- eral Butler to convoy an ammunition train to General Gillmore , near Drewry's Bluff . May 16. - The Thirty - ninth Illinois Volunteers engaged with the enemy ; Col. T. O. Osborn severely wounded . May 18. - The Thirty ...
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... ordered to the left , some dis- tance down the creek , to cross it by a broken bridge , and assault the works in the rear . Having the Seventh Connecticut and Seventh New Hampshire de- ployed on the right and left of the main road ...
... ordered to the left , some dis- tance down the creek , to cross it by a broken bridge , and assault the works in the rear . Having the Seventh Connecticut and Seventh New Hampshire de- ployed on the right and left of the main road ...
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... ordered forward , I ordered mine from the Seventh Connecticut , under Captain Dennis , and they went up very handsomely under a heavy fire , so hot that it was necessary to relieve them two or three times . They drove the enemy out of ...
... ordered forward , I ordered mine from the Seventh Connecticut , under Captain Dennis , and they went up very handsomely under a heavy fire , so hot that it was necessary to relieve them two or three times . They drove the enemy out of ...
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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