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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... heavy force to guard their trains and line of communications that another successful attack on them was impracticable . About May 10 I attacked a cavalry outpost in the vicinity of Front Royal , capturing 1 captain and 15 men and 75 ...
... heavy force to guard their trains and line of communications that another successful attack on them was impracticable . About May 10 I attacked a cavalry outpost in the vicinity of Front Royal , capturing 1 captain and 15 men and 75 ...
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... heavy fire from a redoubt . The enemy fled panic - stricken , leaving in our possession their camps , equipage , & c .. Captain Richards has on this , as well as many other occasions , shown himself worthy to wear the honor bestowed ...
... heavy fire from a redoubt . The enemy fled panic - stricken , leaving in our possession their camps , equipage , & c .. Captain Richards has on this , as well as many other occasions , shown himself worthy to wear the honor bestowed ...
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... heavy shelling at New River bridge , crossed the New River at Pepper's Ferry , and moved two miles up the right bank to the railroad , drove off a few cavalry and burned one bridge of two spans ( forty feet each ) , two bridges of fifty ...
... heavy shelling at New River bridge , crossed the New River at Pepper's Ferry , and moved two miles up the right bank to the railroad , drove off a few cavalry and burned one bridge of two spans ( forty feet each ) , two bridges of fifty ...
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... heavy rain - storm prevailed the greater part of the day . No casualties . May 13 , resumed march at 4.30 a . m . on the road toward Union , Third Brigade in the advance . At 11 a . m . , while ascending the south slope of Peter's ...
... heavy rain - storm prevailed the greater part of the day . No casualties . May 13 , resumed march at 4.30 a . m . on the road toward Union , Third Brigade in the advance . At 11 a . m . , while ascending the south slope of Peter's ...
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... heavy marches , with short , and part of the time no rations , and many of them barefooted . I have no data from which to ascertain correctly , but hear the distance marched by our command estimated at 246 miles . I am , sir , very ...
... heavy marches , with short , and part of the time no rations , and many of them barefooted . I have no data from which to ascertain correctly , but hear the distance marched by our command estimated at 246 miles . I am , sir , very ...
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advance ARMY CORPS arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Averell B. F. KELLEY Baltimore battalion Battery BRECKINRIDGE bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Division Christiansburg Cloyd's Mountain Colonel column Company Crook crossed CUMBERLAND DEPARTMENT OF WEST DEPT detachment direction dispatch DuffiƩ duty encamped enemy enemy's engagement fall back fire flank force front guns HALLECK Harper's Ferry HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT honor horses Imboden instant July June killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Lynchburg Major-General marched Martinsburg Maryland Maryland Heights MAX WEBER McCausland MEYSENBURG miles Monocacy morning Mount Jackson moved night o'clock obedient servant officers Ohio National Guard pickets pike position Potomac railroad rear rebel received regiment respectfully retreat River road scouts Second Brigade sent Sigel skirmishers Stahel Staunton Third Brigade train troops U. S. Army Valley Veteran Reserve Corps Virginia Cavalry Virginia Infantry wagons Washington West Virginia wounded