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, 1889 - 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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... received your verbal order , through Cap- tain Thruston , aide - de - camp , to repair at once to Harper's Ferry , in compliance with a request of Brig . Gen. D. Tyler . At 5.30 o'clock I was at the depot ready to start , and at 11 p ...
... received your verbal order , through Cap- tain Thruston , aide - de - camp , to repair at once to Harper's Ferry , in compliance with a request of Brig . Gen. D. Tyler . At 5.30 o'clock I was at the depot ready to start , and at 11 p ...
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... received that the enemy had captured a portion of General Milroy's forces at Bunker Hill , 6 to 8 miles on the Winchester pike , and having been at Winchester only two days before , and knowing General Milroy's position , the ...
... received that the enemy had captured a portion of General Milroy's forces at Bunker Hill , 6 to 8 miles on the Winchester pike , and having been at Winchester only two days before , and knowing General Milroy's position , the ...
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... received the flags and letters , and fixed times for replying , but they failed to reply . The last time fixed was 5 p . m . yesterday , and they met us with the information that no reply had been received , and proposed when re- ceived ...
... received the flags and letters , and fixed times for replying , but they failed to reply . The last time fixed was 5 p . m . yesterday , and they met us with the information that no reply had been received , and proposed when re- ceived ...
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... received a dispatch from General Schenck , which is lost , but which was in substance as follows : A dispatch just received from Colonel Donn Piatt says : " I read Halleck's last dispatch by the light of his of April 30 , and considered ...
... received a dispatch from General Schenck , which is lost , but which was in substance as follows : A dispatch just received from Colonel Donn Piatt says : " I read Halleck's last dispatch by the light of his of April 30 , and considered ...
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... received . [ See note attached . ] It is clear that I received no order to evacuate Winchester , except- ing that of Colonel Piatt , which was annulled by the telegram of Major - General Schenck on Friday , the 12th . The telegram above ...
... received . [ See note attached . ] It is clear that I received no order to evacuate Winchester , except- ing that of Colonel Piatt , which was annulled by the telegram of Major - General Schenck on Friday , the 12th . The telegram above ...
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