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, 1883 - 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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... cross the fence and pursue the rebels , did it with spirit and promptitude , but the rebels , as usual , disappeared . Not knowing the force of the rebels , I thought it prudent to reform our line to the rear in the woods on our left ...
... cross the fence and pursue the rebels , did it with spirit and promptitude , but the rebels , as usual , disappeared . Not knowing the force of the rebels , I thought it prudent to reform our line to the rear in the woods on our left ...
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... cross - fire from the enemy . As I approached I discovered a heavy column of the enemy on either side of the road . I at once deployed my battalion to the right and charged their lines . Major McConnell went to the left . For a few ...
... cross - fire from the enemy . As I approached I discovered a heavy column of the enemy on either side of the road . I at once deployed my battalion to the right and charged their lines . Major McConnell went to the left . For a few ...
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... Cross Hollow is their next point , 12 miles ahead . I shall also await the arrival of the First and Second Divisions , as this is their great boasted trap for the Federal Army . Hope also the Third Iowa will arrive to - day . Very ...
... Cross Hollow is their next point , 12 miles ahead . I shall also await the arrival of the First and Second Divisions , as this is their great boasted trap for the Federal Army . Hope also the Third Iowa will arrive to - day . Very ...
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... Cross Hollow is a deep ravine , in thick brush , flanked by the White River Mountains . General Sigel's force and five companies of the Third Iowa have ar- rived , so my force is again united . I want to take Cross Hollow and ...
... Cross Hollow is a deep ravine , in thick brush , flanked by the White River Mountains . General Sigel's force and five companies of the Third Iowa have ar- rived , so my force is again united . I want to take Cross Hollow and ...
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... Cross Hollow . No troops have come from or left for Maysville . On my return I took another road , represented to be good , without any creek crossings , joining the Fayetteville road 4 miles south of Sugar Creek Crossing , but as it ...
... Cross Hollow . No troops have come from or left for Maysville . On my return I took another road , represented to be good , without any creek crossings , joining the Fayetteville road 4 miles south of Sugar Creek Crossing , but as it ...
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advance ammunition Arkansas arms arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battalion battery battle Benton Bentonville boats Brig Brigadier-General Cairo camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Colonel command companies CURTIS December direction dispatch DISTRICT division Dorn EARL VAN DORN enemy enemy's field fire force Frémont gunboats guns H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT honor horses Illinois immediately infantry instant Island Jacksonport Jefferson City Kansas killed LEONIDAS POLK Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Madrid Madrid Bend Major Major-General HALLECK mand March March 17 McCown miles Mississippi Missouri Cavalry Missouri State Guard morning move night o'clock p. m. obedient servant officers pickets Point Pleasant POPE position Price prisoners re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully retreat rifled river road Rolla Saint Louis scouts Second Brigade Sedalia sent Sigel skirmishers soon Springfield STERLING PRICE Sugar Creek Tiptonville TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT troops U. S. Army wagons wounded