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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... rebel force that came here expected , I hear , to find the Roanoke ram here . I am confident of being able to hold everything here . The greatest difficulty I have to contend with is the trouble arising from the timid persons , women ...
... rebel force that came here expected , I hear , to find the Roanoke ram here . I am confident of being able to hold everything here . The greatest difficulty I have to contend with is the trouble arising from the timid persons , women ...
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... rebel signal party was found at this place transmitting to Petersburg , even while our troops were disembarking , the intelligence of our arrival . The sergeant in charge , his 4 flag- men , his flags , torches , and glasses were all ...
... rebel signal party was found at this place transmitting to Petersburg , even while our troops were disembarking , the intelligence of our arrival . The sergeant in charge , his 4 flag- men , his flags , torches , and glasses were all ...
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... rebel signal station at Bermuda , and communication opened at once from it to General Hinks ' headquarters at City Point . The advance of the forces under Maj . Gen. W. F. Smith having reached Port Walthall , his signal officer occupied ...
... rebel signal station at Bermuda , and communication opened at once from it to General Hinks ' headquarters at City Point . The advance of the forces under Maj . Gen. W. F. Smith having reached Port Walthall , his signal officer occupied ...
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... rebel battery called Fort Clifton it opened on his boats . General Hinks brought his force into posi- tion in sight of the battery . The gun - boats replied with apparently some effect , but as the enemy occupied a very elevated ...
... rebel battery called Fort Clifton it opened on his boats . General Hinks brought his force into posi- tion in sight of the battery . The gun - boats replied with apparently some effect , but as the enemy occupied a very elevated ...
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... rebel rams as moving down to attack us and others following slowly . The ad- miral sent me with iron - clad Tecumseh and we opened fire on the enemy , firing entirely by direction and range , & c . , given by signal , and after firing a ...
... rebel rams as moving down to attack us and others following slowly . The ad- miral sent me with iron - clad Tecumseh and we opened fire on the enemy , firing entirely by direction and range , & c . , given by signal , and after firing a ...
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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