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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... possible , to cut the canal on the James - the only remaining line of transportation to Richmond - and thence to cross the Appomattox and cut the Weldon railroad at Hicksford , so as to imprison the transportation between Hicksford and ...
... possible , to cut the canal on the James - the only remaining line of transportation to Richmond - and thence to cross the Appomattox and cut the Weldon railroad at Hicksford , so as to imprison the transportation between Hicksford and ...
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... possible , and accordingly made the following disposition of my party First . Lieut . Charles F. Cross , First Division ; First Lieut . Wilson Bruyn , Second Division ; Second Lieut . F. J. Amsden , Third Division ; Second Lieut . N. B. ...
... possible , and accordingly made the following disposition of my party First . Lieut . Charles F. Cross , First Division ; First Lieut . Wilson Bruyn , Second Division ; Second Lieut . F. J. Amsden , Third Division ; Second Lieut . N. B. ...
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... possible . The enemy are in our front with cavalry , 5,000 men , and it is a disgrace that we are cooped up here . This movement will commence at day- light to - morrow morning , and is imperative . Answer if you have received this ...
... possible . The enemy are in our front with cavalry , 5,000 men , and it is a disgrace that we are cooped up here . This movement will commence at day- light to - morrow morning , and is imperative . Answer if you have received this ...
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... possible , consistently with safety , you will withdraw your forces from Swift Creek , attempting in the first place to destroy the railroad bridge and then complete a thorough destruction of the railroad as we return to our position ...
... possible , consistently with safety , you will withdraw your forces from Swift Creek , attempting in the first place to destroy the railroad bridge and then complete a thorough destruction of the railroad as we return to our position ...
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... possible . Captains Thompson and Perry and Lieutenants Barker and Merriam were there . On the right Batteries 3 and 4 shelled the point of woods whence C and H were taken with great vigor . Under the general's orders , I sent Lieutenant ...
... possible . Captains Thompson and Perry and Lieutenants Barker and Merriam were there . On the right Batteries 3 and 4 shelled the point of woods whence C and H were taken with great vigor . Under the general's orders , I sent Lieutenant ...
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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