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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... fired a general feu de joie from all their batteries , some firing shot and shell and others blank cartridges . About 500 shots were fired in all in Charleston Harbor on that day . I am at a loss to account for this demonstration ...
... fired a general feu de joie from all their batteries , some firing shot and shell and others blank cartridges . About 500 shots were fired in all in Charleston Harbor on that day . I am at a loss to account for this demonstration ...
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... fired at from our batteries , but the distance was too great for very good practice . Several shots struck her , but not sufficient to disable her , and on the morning of the 6th she was no longer to be seen . Ele- Morris Island . - A ...
... fired at from our batteries , but the distance was too great for very good practice . Several shots struck her , but not sufficient to disable her , and on the morning of the 6th she was no longer to be seen . Ele- Morris Island . - A ...
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... fired 240 shells at Fort Sumter , of which 227 were good , striking the point fired at . Two casemates were opened , and a large portion of the new parapets tumbled into the water . During the night mortar shells were fired into Sumter ...
... fired 240 shells at Fort Sumter , of which 227 were good , striking the point fired at . Two casemates were opened , and a large portion of the new parapets tumbled into the water . During the night mortar shells were fired into Sumter ...
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... fired 50 shells at Sumter . The enemy did not reply . I consider the object in view in the late bombard- ment of Sumter as attained . The sea front has been so knocked down by our fire and that of the monitors that the batteries ...
... fired 50 shells at Sumter . The enemy did not reply . I consider the object in view in the late bombard- ment of Sumter as attained . The sea front has been so knocked down by our fire and that of the monitors that the batteries ...
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... fired a number of blank cartridges and some shot and shell at our works . The chief of artillery of the district estimates the num- ber of shots fired at about 400. I am at a loss to account for this demonstration unless it was made ...
... fired a number of blank cartridges and some shot and shell at our works . The chief of artillery of the district estimates the num- ber of shots fired at about 400. I am at a loss to account for this demonstration unless it was made ...
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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