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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... 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 some 600 in killed and wounded ; the ...
... 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 some 600 in killed and wounded ; the ...
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... pickets . I found that our picket - line could be very much shortened , and at the same time embrace more ground by being joined to the pickets of the Second Corps in a direct line through the woods to our left , instead of following ...
... pickets . I found that our picket - line could be very much shortened , and at the same time embrace more ground by being joined to the pickets of the Second Corps in a direct line through the woods to our left , instead of following ...
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... pickets extend as far as Tabernacle Church . Make your headquarters at or near Owens ' , where you will keep ... picket - line without written authority from corps headquarters . All enlisted men found foraging without proper au- thority ...
... pickets extend as far as Tabernacle Church . Make your headquarters at or near Owens ' , where you will keep ... picket - line without written authority from corps headquarters . All enlisted men found foraging without proper au- thority ...
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... picket at this point . Very respectfully , JAS . W. FORSYTH , Lieutenant - Colonel and Chief of Staff . All quiet here ... pickets and patrols well out on all roads leading westward ; says he can hear nothing from the enemy . I have a ...
... picket at this point . Very respectfully , JAS . W. FORSYTH , Lieutenant - Colonel and Chief of Staff . All quiet here ... pickets and patrols well out on all roads leading westward ; says he can hear nothing from the enemy . I have a ...
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... picket - line at 5.12 , but were at once driven away . General [ GRANT ] : [ Indorsement . ] The within just received . The ... pickets . I have sent out to investi- gate it . I am very anxious to hear from you , and have ordered General ...
... picket - line at 5.12 , but were at once driven away . General [ GRANT ] : [ Indorsement . ] The within just received . The ... pickets . I have sent out to investi- gate it . I am very anxious to hear from you , and have ordered General ...
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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