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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Page 16
... advance upon John's and James Islands caused the enemy to accumulate troops to oppose our further prog- ress . These took up a position on John's Island , in front of our troops , which occupied the south bank of the Stono to above Fort ...
... advance upon John's and James Islands caused the enemy to accumulate troops to oppose our further prog- ress . These took up a position on John's Island , in front of our troops , which occupied the south bank of the Stono to above Fort ...
Page 31
... advance . February 9-11 . - Skirmishes with the rebels occurred , the latter being near Bugbee Bridge . The Forty - first New York sustained an aggregate loss in killed , wounded , and missing of 13 men , and the One hundred and forty ...
... advance . February 9-11 . - Skirmishes with the rebels occurred , the latter being near Bugbee Bridge . The Forty - first New York sustained an aggregate loss in killed , wounded , and missing of 13 men , and the One hundred and forty ...
Page 53
... advance a post three - fourths of a mile in front of his outpost , and three - fourths of a mile from Secessionville , on a strip of land in the marsh studded with high trees . Besides this I will adopt other measures . In front of ...
... advance a post three - fourths of a mile in front of his outpost , and three - fourths of a mile from Secessionville , on a strip of land in the marsh studded with high trees . Besides this I will adopt other measures . In front of ...
Page 76
... the swamp that runs through James Island , and to advance rapidly in the direction of Stono River , always keeping his right resting on the swamp . I sent Capt . 76 [ CHAP . XLVII . S. C. , FLA . , AND ON THE GA . COAST .
... the swamp that runs through James Island , and to advance rapidly in the direction of Stono River , always keeping his right resting on the swamp . I sent Capt . 76 [ CHAP . XLVII . S. C. , FLA . , AND ON THE GA . COAST .
Page 77
... advance in a line with him . I ordered Capt . W. Nutt , with one company of the Fifty - fifth Massachusetts Volunteers , to deploy and engage the enemy that were posted on the right of the stone house , and who were at the time firing ...
... advance in a line with him . I ordered Capt . W. Nutt , with one company of the Fifty - fifth Massachusetts Volunteers , to deploy and engage the enemy that were posted on the right of the stone house , and who were at the time firing ...
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Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Adjutant and Inspector attack battalion Battery Simkins boats Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain NANCE cavalry Charleston Colonel Colquitt's columbiad command Company Creek DEPT detachment ELLIOTT enemy enemy's February February 12 Fifty-second Pennsylvania Finegan Folly Island force Fort Johnson Fort Putnam FORT SUMTER front G. T. BEAUREGARD Georgia Gregg gun-boats guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS Hilton Head honor to report indorsement infantry instant J. C. MITCHEL Jacksonville James Island January John's Island Johnson July land last night Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major Major-General miles missed monitors morning Morris Island mortar shells obedient servant officers ordered Pennsylvania Volunteers pickets railroad Rantowles re-enforcements rebel respectfully River S. C. BOYLSTON Savannah schooners Seabrook Island Secessionville sent shots fired skirmishers steamer Stono Stono River Sullivan's Island SUMTER T. A. HUGUENIN TALIAFERRO to-day transports U. S. Army U. S. Colored Troops vessels wounded yesterday York Volunteers