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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Page 37
... yard one and one - quarter miles outside the pickets by a party of rebels believed to be seventy- five in number . The escort comprised seventeen mounted Second Arkansas Cavalry , twelve dismounted Second Missouri Cavalry , and eleven ...
... yard one and one - quarter miles outside the pickets by a party of rebels believed to be seventy- five in number . The escort comprised seventeen mounted Second Arkansas Cavalry , twelve dismounted Second Missouri Cavalry , and eleven ...
Page 38
... yard , it seems to me , proves him to be both careless and inefficient . I have the honor to be , colonel , respectfully ... yards of the house I divided the command , sending twelve men under Captain Poston to the left . With the other ...
... yard , it seems to me , proves him to be both careless and inefficient . I have the honor to be , colonel , respectfully ... yards of the house I divided the command , sending twelve men under Captain Poston to the left . With the other ...
Page 44
... yards in advance ; they wheeled their horses to the left and made for a cedar thicket , but we were too close upon them for any concealment and they were obliged to run , but they were no match for the old Fourteenth . We forced one of ...
... yards in advance ; they wheeled their horses to the left and made for a cedar thicket , but we were too close upon them for any concealment and they were obliged to run , but they were no match for the old Fourteenth . We forced one of ...
Page 45
... yard , we followed their trail to the wood- yard , getting there two hours after them . I learned there that they charged on the choppers while they were at dinner , firing on them , giving the darkies a great scare and dispersing them ...
... yard , we followed their trail to the wood- yard , getting there two hours after them . I learned there that they charged on the choppers while they were at dinner , firing on them , giving the darkies a great scare and dispersing them ...
Page 53
... yards from the fort . I immediately sent Captain Bartholf to meet the flag . He returned with a written communication from the rebel commander , demanding a surrender of the post , giving me twenty minutes to decide . In less than five ...
... yards from the fort . I immediately sent Captain Bartholf to meet the flag . He returned with a written communication from the rebel commander , demanding a surrender of the post , giving me twenty minutes to decide . In less than five ...
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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