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, 1893 - 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 99
... fire of musketry for a moment checked our advance , took the lead himself , and charging with the six regiments of his brigade repeatedly up to the muzzles of the enemy's muskets finally succeeded , with the assistance of Batteries B ...
... fire of musketry for a moment checked our advance , took the lead himself , and charging with the six regiments of his brigade repeatedly up to the muzzles of the enemy's muskets finally succeeded , with the assistance of Batteries B ...
Page 158
... fire upon our extreme left and a fire of a much slighter character upon our right . A moment's hesitation convinced me that the former was the real attack , and I at once proceeded to that point , the firing meanwhile growing heavier ...
... fire upon our extreme left and a fire of a much slighter character upon our right . A moment's hesitation convinced me that the former was the real attack , and I at once proceeded to that point , the firing meanwhile growing heavier ...
Page 161
... fire , which should not have occasioned the slightest apprehension in raw recruits much less in old soldiers like themselves . Most officers who have served through this war have had instances of the same kind in their own experience ...
... fire , which should not have occasioned the slightest apprehension in raw recruits much less in old soldiers like themselves . Most officers who have served through this war have had instances of the same kind in their own experience ...
Page 162
... fire on the enemy posted in a wood opposite our right . The Sixty - fifth New York was ordered forward on the left of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Artillery . Subjected to a brisk musketry fire , and pressed on his extreme left by ...
... fire on the enemy posted in a wood opposite our right . The Sixty - fifth New York was ordered forward on the left of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Artillery . Subjected to a brisk musketry fire , and pressed on his extreme left by ...
Page 164
... fire of musketry from the woods and corn - fields on the right . The Thin Brigade was now rapidly moved by the flank to the right of the pik then forward , with the First Brigade , under a heavy fire , to a cres commanding the woods and ...
... fire of musketry from the woods and corn - fields on the right . The Thin Brigade was now rapidly moved by the flank to the right of the pik then forward , with the First Brigade , under a heavy fire , to a cres commanding the woods and ...
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advance attack August August 9 Averell battalion battery Berryville Brevet Brevet Major-General Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Division Cedar Creek charge Charlestown Chief of Staff Colonel crossed direction driving drove encamped enemy enemy's cavalry engaged fall back fire Fisher's Hill flank force forward Front Royal guns Halltown halted Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg HDQRS horses hundred infantry killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Major-General manding marched Martinsburg Merritt MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION Middletown miles Moorefield morning Mount Jackson moved night Nineteenth Army Corps Nineteenth Corps obedient servant October 19 officers Ohio Opequon Creek operations September ordered P. H. SHERIDAN Pennsylvania picket pieces of artillery position prisoners rear rebel received regiment respectfully road scouts Second Brigade Second Division sent Shenandoah Sixth Corps Strasburg Third Brigade Third Division Torbert train troops U. S. Army Valley Virginia Cavalry wagons West Virginia woods wounded York Cavalry York Volunteers