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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... night across Cedar Creek to Strasburg . All his trains were moved around by the Back Creek Valley road , crossing Cedar Creek high up and moving on Strasburg or Woodstock . A portion of my cavalry was detached at Stephensburg and struck ...
... night across Cedar Creek to Strasburg . All his trains were moved around by the Back Creek Valley road , crossing Cedar Creek high up and moving on Strasburg or Woodstock . A portion of my cavalry was detached at Stephensburg and struck ...
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... night . The enemy seem to be in very strong force . I made a reconnaissance on both my right and left flanks this afternoon with cavalry . Found Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry division and infantry on my left flank , on a little stream called ...
... night . The enemy seem to be in very strong force . I made a reconnaissance on both my right and left flanks this afternoon with cavalry . Found Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry division and infantry on my left flank , on a little stream called ...
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... night before moved from my front , con- centrating at Leetown and Smithfield . To - day I moved on these points . The enemy last night and this morning moved from these points to Bunker Hill , holding the crossing of the Opequon ...
... night before moved from my front , con- centrating at Leetown and Smithfield . To - day I moved on these points . The enemy last night and this morning moved from these points to Bunker Hill , holding the crossing of the Opequon ...
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... night pushing on down the Valley . I cannot say how many prisoners I have captured , nor do I know either my own or the enemy's casualties ; only darkness has saved the whole of Early's army from total destruction . My attack could not ...
... night pushing on down the Valley . I cannot say how many prisoners I have captured , nor do I know either my own or the enemy's casualties ; only darkness has saved the whole of Early's army from total destruction . My attack could not ...
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... night . Next morning I pushed on toward Gor- donsville and I found them strongly posted in the gap , and I could not drive them out with 2,000 men , and I was making a movement to turn the position when infantry commenced to file into ...
... night . Next morning I pushed on toward Gor- donsville and I found them strongly posted in the gap , and I could not drive them out with 2,000 men , and I was making a movement to turn the position when infantry commenced to file into ...
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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