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, 1892 - 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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... enemy . I am , captain , very respectfully , your obedient servant , W. L. ELLIOTT , Brig . Gen. and Chief of ... enemy's lines . I don't fear Hood's attacking across Sweet Water . All I want to know is , are his infantry moving to Blue ...
... enemy . I am , captain , very respectfully , your obedient servant , W. L. ELLIOTT , Brig . Gen. and Chief of ... enemy's lines . I don't fear Hood's attacking across Sweet Water . All I want to know is , are his infantry moving to Blue ...
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... enemy's infantry is reported to have crossed Chattahoochee and camped near Sweet Water . Your division should move ... enemy's line of picket ; neither of these streams can be forded at present . I forced the enemy back , swam the creek ...
... enemy's infantry is reported to have crossed Chattahoochee and camped near Sweet Water . Your division should move ... enemy's line of picket ; neither of these streams can be forded at present . I forced the enemy back , swam the creek ...
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... enemy having burned bridges across the Sweet Water in- dicates a wider sweep . I am yet loath to believe that Hood ... enemy intrenched near Shadna or Sideling , either infantry or cavalry , cannot learn . " Found enemy's cavalry pickets ...
... enemy having burned bridges across the Sweet Water in- dicates a wider sweep . I am yet loath to believe that Hood ... enemy intrenched near Shadna or Sideling , either infantry or cavalry , cannot learn . " Found enemy's cavalry pickets ...
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... enemy , whose cavalry were to- day on our left . Only ten wagons of ammunition for infantry will ac- company the column . Ambulances will occupy the same positions as to - day , as will also the headquarters train . All other trains ...
... enemy , whose cavalry were to- day on our left . Only ten wagons of ammunition for infantry will ac- company the column . Ambulances will occupy the same positions as to - day , as will also the headquarters train . All other trains ...
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... enemy contemplated crossing the Etowah for Kingston to destroy the railroad ; that the supplies of the enemy were limited , principally parched corn and cane . I have ordered General Garrard , with his divis- ion , to New Hope Church ...
... enemy contemplated crossing the Etowah for Kingston to destroy the railroad ; that the supplies of the enemy were limited , principally parched corn and cane . I have ordered General Garrard , with his divis- ion , to New Hope Church ...
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Aide-de-Camp Allatoona Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Athens Atlanta Battery Beauregard bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Burbridge camp Capt Captain Cartersville cavalry Chattanooga CHIEF OF CAVALRY Colonel Commanding CORSE cross Croxton CUMBERLAND Dalton Decatur direction dispatch District enemy FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS Florence forage force Forrest Garrard Gaylesville gun-boats HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT Hood Huntsville Illinois Troops Infantry J. M. SCHOFIELD John Johnsonville Kenesaw Kentucky Kingston L. M. DAYTON last night Lieut Lieutenant-General Major-General SHERMAN Major-General THOMAS Marietta Memphis miles MILITARY DIVISION MISSISSIPPI morning Mountain move Nashville November O. O. HOWARD obedient servant October 13 October 28 October 31 officers Ohio Troops p. m. Major-General p. m. Received pickets Pulaski R. S. GRANGER railroad re-enforcements rear rebel Regiment Resaca respectfully road Rome Rousseau scouts sent SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS STEEDMAN telegraph TENN Tennessee River to-day to-morrow to-night train Tuscumbia U. S. Volunteers W. T. SHERMAN wagons yesterday