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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... forces under my command , and either com- pel submission to the authorities of the nation or drive him and his party ... force of the enemy to outflank and inclose them caused them to retire . During the retreat towards the main body of ...
... forces under my command , and either com- pel submission to the authorities of the nation or drive him and his party ... force of the enemy to outflank and inclose them caused them to retire . During the retreat towards the main body of ...
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... force equal one - half that number . The combat now was at close quarters , and raged with great fury on both sides for some half hour , the enemy alternately yielding and advancing and pouring upon our troops a galling fire . While ...
... force equal one - half that number . The combat now was at close quarters , and raged with great fury on both sides for some half hour , the enemy alternately yielding and advancing and pouring upon our troops a galling fire . While ...
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... force . This call was based upon the hostile stand taken by the Creek chief Hopoeithleyohola and the disaffection which has sprung up in one of the Cherokee regiments . I hastened to Fort Gibson , with 1,600 men , and had an interview ...
... force . This call was based upon the hostile stand taken by the Creek chief Hopoeithleyohola and the disaffection which has sprung up in one of the Cherokee regiments . I hastened to Fort Gibson , with 1,600 men , and had an interview ...
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... force under my command had proceeded some 20 or 25 miles when my scouts , under Captain Coody , reported the enemy in considerable force on the hills to my left . I immediately left the route you were pursuing and took my command to the ...
... force under my command had proceeded some 20 or 25 miles when my scouts , under Captain Coody , reported the enemy in considerable force on the hills to my left . I immediately left the route you were pursuing and took my command to the ...
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... force occupied at sunset a position between the direct road from Warrensburg to Clinton and the road by Chilhowee , which latter is the route heretofore pursued by returning soldiers and by recruits . Shortly after sunset the advance ...
... force occupied at sunset a position between the direct road from Warrensburg to Clinton and the road by Chilhowee , which latter is the route heretofore pursued by returning soldiers and by recruits . Shortly after sunset the advance ...
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