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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... attack by the balance of our line . General Han- cock was the only one who received the order in time to make the . attack before dark . He drove the enemy from his intrenched skir- mish line and still holds it . I have no report of our ...
... attack by the balance of our line . General Han- cock was the only one who received the order in time to make the . attack before dark . He drove the enemy from his intrenched skir- mish line and still holds it . I have no report of our ...
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... attack behind his works . I therefore determined to push on and put my whole force between him and Richmond , and orders were at once issued for a movement by his right flank . On the night of the 7th the march was commenced toward ...
... attack behind his works . I therefore determined to push on and put my whole force between him and Richmond , and orders were at once issued for a movement by his right flank . On the night of the 7th the march was commenced toward ...
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... attacked our left , but was repulsed with very considerable loss . An attack was immedi- ately ordered by General Meade along his whole line , which resulted in driving the enemy from a part of his intrenched skirmish line . On the 31st ...
... attacked our left , but was repulsed with very considerable loss . An attack was immedi- ately ordered by General Meade along his whole line , which resulted in driving the enemy from a part of his intrenched skirmish line . On the 31st ...
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... attack was made as ordered , and the fighting continued with but little intermission until 6 o'clock the next ... attacks were renewed and persisted in with great vigor on the 17th and 18th , but only resulted in forcing the enemy to an ...
... attack was made as ordered , and the fighting continued with but little intermission until 6 o'clock the next ... attacks were renewed and persisted in with great vigor on the 17th and 18th , but only resulted in forcing the enemy to an ...
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... attacked Kautz's cavalry north of the James and drove it back with heavy loss in killed , wounded , and prisoners , and the loss of all the artillery- eight or nine pieces . This he followed up by an attack on our in- trenched infantry ...
... attacked Kautz's cavalry north of the James and drove it back with heavy loss in killed , wounded , and prisoners , and the loss of all the artillery- eight or nine pieces . This he followed up by an attack on our in- trenched infantry ...
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advance afternoon Army Corps artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack Barlow's Battalion battery Birney bivouacked Bottom's Bridge breast-works bridge Brig Brock road camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Corps charge Chickahominy Church Cold Harbor Colonel command continuation of report crossed daylight encamped enemy enemy's engaged EPOCH fell back Fifth Corps fire flank force Fredericksburg front guns halted Hancock Heavy Artillery hospital Infantry intrenched James River June killed Lieut Lieutenant line of battle loss Major-General marched Massachusetts miles morning moved night Ninth Corps North Anna River occupied officers operations Pamunkey River Pennsylvania Volunteers picket plank road Po River Potomac prisoners railroad Rapidan Rapidan River rear rebel regiment relieved remained reserve respectfully Richmond rifle-pits Second Brigade Second Corps Second Division sent sharpshooters Sixth Corps skirmish line Spotsylvania Court-House Station Third Brigade Third Division Todd's Tavern took position Total Totopotomoy train troops U. S. Army Wilderness woods wounded