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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... railroad , to enable us to use it for supplying the army . To do so would give us a long vulnerable line of road to protect , exhausting much of our strength in guarding it , and would leave open to the enemy all of his lines of ...
... railroad , to enable us to use it for supplying the army . To do so would give us a long vulnerable line of road to protect , exhausting much of our strength in guarding it , and would leave open to the enemy all of his lines of ...
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... Railroad . Subsequently , General Ord having been relieved at his own request , General Sigel was instructed , at his own suggestion , to give up the expedition by Beverly and to form two columns , one under General Crook , on the ...
... Railroad . Subsequently , General Ord having been relieved at his own request , General Sigel was instructed , at his own suggestion , to give up the expedition by Beverly and to form two columns , one under General Crook , on the ...
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... railroad bridge at Stony Creek , below Petersburg , cutting in two Beau- regard's force at that point . We have landed here , intrenched ourselves , destroyed many miles of railroad , and got a position which , with proper supplies , we ...
... railroad bridge at Stony Creek , below Petersburg , cutting in two Beau- regard's force at that point . We have landed here , intrenched ourselves , destroyed many miles of railroad , and got a position which , with proper supplies , we ...
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... railroad - a long , vulnerable line which would ex- haust much of our strength to guard , and that would have to be protected to supply the army , and would leave open to the enemy all his lines of communication on the south side of the ...
... railroad - a long , vulnerable line which would ex- haust much of our strength to guard , and that would have to be protected to supply the army , and would leave open to the enemy all his lines of communication on the south side of the ...
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... Railroad , as far as possible , without attacking fortifications . On the 16th , the enemy , to re - enforce Petersburg , withdrew from a part of his intrenchment in front of Bermuda Hundred , expecting , no doubt , to get troops from ...
... Railroad , as far as possible , without attacking fortifications . On the 16th , the enemy , to re - enforce Petersburg , withdrew from a part of his intrenchment in front of Bermuda Hundred , expecting , no doubt , to get troops from ...
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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