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, 1897 - 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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... fires , quite uncon- scious of our approach . I divided my command in order to surround and capture them all ; but ... fire and charge before the junction of all the detachments was completed , giving the greater part of the outlaws a ...
... fires , quite uncon- scious of our approach . I divided my command in order to surround and capture them all ; but ... fire and charge before the junction of all the detachments was completed , giving the greater part of the outlaws a ...
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... fire . The greatest consternation and confusion was occasioned on the ship , so that the fire of artillery and musketry which was directed against the Saint Patrick failed to strike her and she returned with her crew to the protection ...
... fire . The greatest consternation and confusion was occasioned on the ship , so that the fire of artillery and musketry which was directed against the Saint Patrick failed to strike her and she returned with her crew to the protection ...
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... fire on Colonel Yeoman . I ordered the brigade into position and pushed forward skirmishers . The enemy met me with a line of skirmishers of about 300 men , and opened fire with three guns . I drove back the left of his skirmish line ...
... fire on Colonel Yeoman . I ordered the brigade into position and pushed forward skirmishers . The enemy met me with a line of skirmishers of about 300 men , and opened fire with three guns . I drove back the left of his skirmish line ...
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... fire . One of them ran from the fire to the house to give the alarm , hallooing , " The soldiers are coming ! " I had previously given orders for the men not to fire unless we were fired on . Notwithstanding that the negro had given the ...
... fire . One of them ran from the fire to the house to give the alarm , hallooing , " The soldiers are coming ! " I had previously given orders for the men not to fire unless we were fired on . Notwithstanding that the negro had given the ...
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... fire from his artillery at a distance of about 1,400 yards . Our guns replied almost instantly . Captain Dewey , of the Second U. S. Colored Troops , who was present , was placed in charge of the artillery . His practice was good ...
... fire from his artillery at a distance of about 1,400 yards . Our guns replied almost instantly . Captain Dewey , of the Second U. S. Colored Troops , who was present , was placed in charge of the artillery . His practice was good ...
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Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Adjt advance Alabama April arrived Asst Battery Blakely Brevet Brevet Major-General bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Canby Capt Captain captured Cavalry Corps Colonel Company Creek Cumberland Dauphin Island Davis detachment direction District Division of West duty E. R. S. CANBY Eastport enemy enemy's February February 16 fire force front Gravelly Springs guerrillas guns HDQRS headquarters horses Huntsville Illinois Infantry Indiana Infantry instant J. H. WILSON Kentucky killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Macon Major Major-General mand Michigan Cavalry miles Military Division Mississippi Mobile morning mounted moved Nashville night obedient servant officers Ohio operations March prisoners Private railroad rear rebel received regiment respectfully rifle-pits River road Second Brigade Second Division Selma sent Sixteenth Army Sixteenth Army Corps skirmish line Spanish Spanish Fort Tenn Tennessee Third Brigade Thirteenth Army Thirteenth Army Corps troops U. S. Army U. S. Colored Infantry wagons West Mississippi Wisconsin wounded