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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... soon as he got within range , as an indication to Colonel White that a posi- tion in rear of the enemy had been gained . We found the enemy in force and strongly intrenched , the extreme right of their line rest- ing on Wooldridge Hill ...
... soon as he got within range , as an indication to Colonel White that a posi- tion in rear of the enemy had been gained . We found the enemy in force and strongly intrenched , the extreme right of their line rest- ing on Wooldridge Hill ...
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... soon after two regiments from General Terry's division were also sent to General Smith . In the mean time General Brooks , command- ing the division of the Eighteenth Corps next on my right , moved some of his troops to the right , and ...
... soon after two regiments from General Terry's division were also sent to General Smith . In the mean time General Brooks , command- ing the division of the Eighteenth Corps next on my right , moved some of his troops to the right , and ...
Page 41
... soon accom- plished , and the regiment immediately attacked . The enemy's works were uninclosed , but were placed on a high , rounded ridge , and pre- sented a bastioned trace fronting on and flanking the railroad . The works were ...
... soon accom- plished , and the regiment immediately attacked . The enemy's works were uninclosed , but were placed on a high , rounded ridge , and pre- sented a bastioned trace fronting on and flanking the railroad . The works were ...
Page 43
... soon increased to a very heavy firing of musketry and artillery , and it became evident that the enemy , taking advan- tage of a dense fog to conceal the movement , was endeavoring to force our lines . I soon received orders from Major ...
... soon increased to a very heavy firing of musketry and artillery , and it became evident that the enemy , taking advan- tage of a dense fog to conceal the movement , was endeavoring to force our lines . I soon received orders from Major ...
Page 52
... soon engaged . They moved through the wood about 200 yards to another field . Up a gentle slope about 400 yards distant was a fine house with garden fences and outbuildings , and beyond that nearly 400 yards , a formidable line of earth ...
... soon engaged . They moved through the wood about 200 yards to another field . Up a gentle slope about 400 yards distant was a fine house with garden fences and outbuildings , and beyond that nearly 400 yards , a formidable line of earth ...
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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