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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... possible , at some point where you can command the crossing . GEO . G. MEADE , Major - General . General HUMPHREYS : HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS , May 20 , 1864-8.52 p . m . My command moves at 11 p . m . I shall move as fast as the cav ...
... possible , at some point where you can command the crossing . GEO . G. MEADE , Major - General . General HUMPHREYS : HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS , May 20 , 1864-8.52 p . m . My command moves at 11 p . m . I shall move as fast as the cav ...
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... possible . As to the corps moving in front , I gave specific and positive instruc- tions this morning that General Birney should move his troops to their camps in rear of the woods . At daylight I found a bri- gade marching in front of ...
... possible . As to the corps moving in front , I gave specific and positive instruc- tions this morning that General Birney should move his troops to their camps in rear of the woods . At daylight I found a bri- gade marching in front of ...
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... possible and with all dispatch , especially in front of and on the right of the Third Rhode Island Artillery and colored cavalry howitzer battery . ( 3 ) Artillery should all be placed in embrasure . ( 1 ) The traverses should be ...
... possible and with all dispatch , especially in front of and on the right of the Third Rhode Island Artillery and colored cavalry howitzer battery . ( 3 ) Artillery should all be placed in embrasure . ( 1 ) The traverses should be ...
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... possible , secure and hold the crossing of the Ta River . GEO . G. MEADE . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Major - General HUMPHREYS , Chief of Staff : May 21 , 1864 . GENERAL : The prisoners taken from the cavalry and brought in ...
... possible , secure and hold the crossing of the Ta River . GEO . G. MEADE . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , Major - General HUMPHREYS , Chief of Staff : May 21 , 1864 . GENERAL : The prisoners taken from the cavalry and brought in ...
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... possible to the artillery and trains moving on the right of the road . By command of Brigadier - General Russell : HENRY R. DALTON , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES , May 21 , 1864-7 a . m . Major ...
... possible to the artillery and trains moving on the right of the road . By command of Brigadier - General Russell : HENRY R. DALTON , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES , May 21 , 1864-7 a . m . Major ...
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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