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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... shot at Morris Island , and last night they opened from Sullivan's and James Island , firing 20 or 25 shots , but without effect . Fort Sumter . - The bombardment has been confined to shelling from our mortars at irregular intervals ...
... shot at Morris Island , and last night they opened from Sullivan's and James Island , firing 20 or 25 shots , but without effect . Fort Sumter . - The bombardment has been confined to shelling from our mortars at irregular intervals ...
Page 53
... shots in twenty - four hours , at irregular intervals and in different directions . On James Island , in front of ... shot has been fired from the gun - boats into Legareville , which has effectually prevented the enemy from re ...
... shots in twenty - four hours , at irregular intervals and in different directions . On James Island , in front of ... shot has been fired from the gun - boats into Legareville , which has effectually prevented the enemy from re ...
Page 54
... 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 100 - pounder Parrott gun in Battery Chatfield burst on the afternoon of the 5th instant , at ...
... 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 100 - pounder Parrott gun in Battery Chatfield burst on the afternoon of the 5th instant , at ...
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... 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 wholly for effect , as the firing was too ...
... 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 wholly for effect , as the firing was too ...
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... shots fired by the enemy as well as from our batteries . The following dispatch , sent by the enemy from the city to their gun - boats , shows a certain state of nervousness still prevailing on his part , and that he expects us to ...
... shots fired by the enemy as well as from our batteries . The following dispatch , sent by the enemy from the city to their gun - boats , shows a certain state of nervousness still prevailing on his part , and that he expects us to ...
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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