The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - 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 61
... companies progressed steadily , though slowly , during the spring and summer months , organizing at the rate of some two companies per month , the military ardor aroused by the John Brown raid abating to some extent . Within the past ...
... companies progressed steadily , though slowly , during the spring and summer months , organizing at the rate of some two companies per month , the military ardor aroused by the John Brown raid abating to some extent . Within the past ...
Page 62
... companies are organ- ized and have been organizing at the rate of from seven to eight per week , numbering from fifty to sixty men , ready to march to the field of battle to defend the soil of their birth or adoption from the ...
... companies are organ- ized and have been organizing at the rate of from seven to eight per week , numbering from fifty to sixty men , ready to march to the field of battle to defend the soil of their birth or adoption from the ...
Page 63
... companies of volunteers amounts to 2,027 armed . Of the 38 companies unarmed , allowing 50 men for an average of each , we have 1,900 unarmed volunteers , which number added to the number of armed men gives an aggregate of 3,927 men ...
... companies of volunteers amounts to 2,027 armed . Of the 38 companies unarmed , allowing 50 men for an average of each , we have 1,900 unarmed volunteers , which number added to the number of armed men gives an aggregate of 3,927 men ...
Page 65
... companies are limited to sixty - four men , and by the law not more than eight companies in a regiment ; therefore it is impossible to effect an organization under this law . I recommend its repeal and suggest that a per capita tax be ...
... companies are limited to sixty - four men , and by the law not more than eight companies in a regiment ; therefore it is impossible to effect an organization under this law . I recommend its repeal and suggest that a per capita tax be ...
Page 66
... companies throughout the State once in two years has been but partially complied with , owing to protracted illness occasioned in the prosecution of these duties . Only four companies were inspected , to wit , Port Gibson Riflemen ...
... companies throughout the State once in two years has been but partially complied with , owing to protracted illness occasioned in the prosecution of these duties . Only four companies were inspected , to wit , Port Gibson Riflemen ...
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A. D. one thousand adopted aforesaid agent agreed Alabama Albert Pike America do enact appointed Approved Arkansas arms Army artillery authorized bands battalions Captain cavalry Cherokee Nation Chickasaw Nations chief Choctaw Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens Colonel command commissioner communication companies Confederacy Confederate Government Congress Constitution convention defense Department duty election Excellency Executive Federal force furnish further Georgia Governor guns hereby honor Indian infantry instructions JEFFERSON DAVIS JOSEPH E L. P. WALKER Legislature letter ment military militia Milledgeville Montgomery muskets necessary necessity obedient servant officers ordinance Ordnance organized Osage Pensacola person President purchase purpose Quapaw ratified received regiments requisition respectfully Richmond rifles Secretary Secretary of War Seminole Nation Seneca tribe Senecas Shawnees slaves South Carolina Southern Tennessee thereof thousand eight hundred tion Treasury treaty tribe troops Union United vessels Virginia volunteers WAR DEPARTMENT