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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... loss . One hundred and fifty bales of cotton captured by General Birney had been brought in . There will be some trouble about the cattle reported by him as captured . A large portion of them are claimed as the property of loyal ...
... loss . One hundred and fifty bales of cotton captured by General Birney had been brought in . There will be some trouble about the cattle reported by him as captured . A large portion of them are claimed as the property of loyal ...
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... loss is 13 killed , drowned , or missing . Seventy - five cavalry horses and 8 team horses that were on the Bos- ton ... losses . I have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient servant , J. G. FOSTER , Major - General ...
... loss is 13 killed , drowned , or missing . Seventy - five cavalry horses and 8 team horses that were on the Bos- ton ... losses . I have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient servant , J. G. FOSTER , Major - General ...
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... loss to account for this demonstration , except it be as a commemoration of the confirmation of the rebel Government or the repulse of Gen- eral Benham at Secessionville . On the 20th , a reconnaissance in force was made by General ...
... loss to account for this demonstration , except it be as a commemoration of the confirmation of the rebel Government or the repulse of Gen- eral Benham at Secessionville . On the 20th , a reconnaissance in force was made by General ...
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... loss of life . The only reasons in favor of taking it , beyond its occupa- tion by our troops , are that it would afford a shelter or starting point by which boat expeditions can again attack Fort Johnson or Mount Pleasant . It now ...
... loss of life . The only reasons in favor of taking it , beyond its occupa- tion by our troops , are that it would afford a shelter or starting point by which boat expeditions can again attack Fort Johnson or Mount Pleasant . It now ...
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... loss to the enemy , who were suffered to come on until within good musketry and canister range . The enemy then fell back under cover of their batteries . Having ascertained by reconnaissance that the establishment of enfilading ...
... loss to the enemy , who were suffered to come on until within good musketry and canister range . The enemy then fell back under cover of their batteries . Having ascertained by reconnaissance that the establishment of enfilading ...
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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