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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... direct to you I will send them forward at once . G. K. WARREN , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , May ... directs that you hold your corps ready to withdraw and follow Hancock to - morrow morning at 10 o'clock , or to ...
... direct to you I will send them forward at once . G. K. WARREN , Major - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , May ... directs that you hold your corps ready to withdraw and follow Hancock to - morrow morning at 10 o'clock , or to ...
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... directs that the utmost vigilance be observed to - morrow morning from a very early hour , and before daylight , and ... direct Major Forsyth to report to Major - General Wright for orders and instructions . A. A. HUMPHREYS , Major ...
... directs that the utmost vigilance be observed to - morrow morning from a very early hour , and before daylight , and ... direct Major Forsyth to report to Major - General Wright for orders and instructions . A. A. HUMPHREYS , Major ...
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... directs that you push forward your pickets and feel the enemy , giving your pickets such support as you can without weakening your main line . The enemy on the right were driven back last evening and retired before daylight . We lost ...
... directs that you push forward your pickets and feel the enemy , giving your pickets such support as you can without weakening your main line . The enemy on the right were driven back last evening and retired before daylight . We lost ...
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... directs that your pickets fire away occasionally at the enemy's , and ascertain all they can and report . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , A. S. MARVIN , JR . , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
... directs that your pickets fire away occasionally at the enemy's , and ascertain all they can and report . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , A. S. MARVIN , JR . , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
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... directs that you send your cavalry to seize the bridge across the Ta , and a portion of them to picket at Downer's Bridge . He directs that you move out beyond Catlett's , taking the left - hand road from that place , and send forward a ...
... directs that you send your cavalry to seize the bridge across the Ta , and a portion of them to picket at Downer's Bridge . He directs that you move out beyond Catlett's , taking the left - hand road from that place , and send forward a ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS A. E. BURNSIDE Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battalion battery Belle Plain Birney bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Capt Captain CAVALRY CORPS Chief of Staff City Point Cold Harbor Colonel command of Major-General Commanding Ninth crossing dispatch EIGHTEENTH ARMY enemy enemy's Fifth Corps force Fort Monroe Fort Powhatan Fredericksburg front G. K. WARREN Haw's Shop HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY Infantry intrenchments J. H. WILSON James River June Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General and Chief Major-General BURNSIDE major-general commanding directs Major-General HANCOCK Major-General HUMPHREYS Major-General MEADE Major-General WARREN miles morning move NINTH ARMY CORPS North Carolina obedient servant officer p. m. Major-General p. m. Received picket-line pickets position POTOMAC railroad rear Regiment respectfully Richmond road SECOND ARMY CORPS Second Division sent Sixth Corps skirmish line Smith TENTH ARMY Third Division to-day to-morrow to-night Virginia Volunteers wagons White House WILLIAMS WINF'D