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 39
... road to the intrenchments , so that we may get back behind the defenses . Push vigorously . By command of General Butler : J. W SHAFFER , Colonel and Chief of Staff . Smith will have to fall back and hold road in rear of his right ...
... road to the intrenchments , so that we may get back behind the defenses . Push vigorously . By command of General Butler : J. W SHAFFER , Colonel and Chief of Staff . Smith will have to fall back and hold road in rear of his right ...
Page 42
... road . My right and center was in a low , wooded , and marshy val- ley , directly in front of which arose the ridge upon which was placed the enemy's formidable chain of works , those in front of the right and center consisting of three ...
... road . My right and center was in a low , wooded , and marshy val- ley , directly in front of which arose the ridge upon which was placed the enemy's formidable chain of works , those in front of the right and center consisting of three ...
Page 46
... 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 threw forward the Eighty - fifth Pennsylvania Vol- unteers as skirmishers , the Thirty - ninth Illinois ...
... 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 threw forward the Eighty - fifth Pennsylvania Vol- unteers as skirmishers , the Thirty - ninth Illinois ...
Page 51
... road , facing the swamp , I was ordered to charge the work visible over the causeway across the swamp , the narrow road passing right under the works , which were on a considerable elevation . Major Brooks , of Major - General Gill ...
... road , facing the swamp , I was ordered to charge the work visible over the causeway across the swamp , the narrow road passing right under the works , which were on a considerable elevation . Major Brooks , of Major - General Gill ...
Page 85
... road were cut down , the wire removed , and the insulators broken . At this time the right wing was sent a short distance to the rear to guard a cross - road . There was in that vicinity a saw - mill and a large quantity of lumber ...
... road were cut down , the wire removed , and the insulators broken . At this time the right wing was sent a short distance to the rear to guard a cross - road . There was in that vicinity a saw - mill and a large quantity of lumber ...
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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