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, 1892 - 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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... Commanding Brigade : HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES , Point of Rocks , Va . , June 13 , 1864 . COLONEL : Information having been received at these headquarters that renders an attack quite probable to - night or in the morning , the general ...
... Commanding Brigade : HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES , Point of Rocks , Va . , June 13 , 1864 . COLONEL : Information having been received at these headquarters that renders an attack quite probable to - night or in the morning , the general ...
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... Commanding . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , June 14 , 1864 . Lieut . Col. E. S. JONES , Third Pennsylvania Cavalry : COLONEL : I am directed by the commanding general to say that as soon as you are relieved by Colonel McIntosh , ...
... Commanding . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , June 14 , 1864 . Lieut . Col. E. S. JONES , Third Pennsylvania Cavalry : COLONEL : I am directed by the commanding general to say that as soon as you are relieved by Colonel McIntosh , ...
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... Commanding Second Corps : SIR : The commanding general directs that you at once move your corps to the south side of the James River upon transports to be fur- nished by the quartermaster's department , and encamp upon suitable ground ...
... Commanding Second Corps : SIR : The commanding general directs that you at once move your corps to the south side of the James River upon transports to be fur- nished by the quartermaster's department , and encamp upon suitable ground ...
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... commanding to believe this a . m . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , WINF'D S. HANCOCK , Major - General of Volunteers , Commanding . Major - General HANCOCK : HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS , June 14 , 1864 . GENERAL : There are ...
... commanding to believe this a . m . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , WINF'D S. HANCOCK , Major - General of Volunteers , Commanding . Major - General HANCOCK : HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS , June 14 , 1864 . GENERAL : There are ...
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... Commanding . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , June 14 , 1864-6.50 p.m. ( Received 7 p . m . ) Major - General HANCOCK , Commanding Second Corps : Your dispatch is received . The commanding general has directed that six pontoons be ...
... Commanding . HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , June 14 , 1864-6.50 p.m. ( Received 7 p . m . ) Major - General HANCOCK , Commanding Second Corps : Your dispatch is received . The commanding general has directed that six pontoons be ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS A. E. BURNSIDE Artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battery Bermuda Hundred Birney bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS Capt Captain cavalry Chaffin's Bluff Chief of Staff City Point command of Major-General dispatch EIGHTEENTH ARMY Eighteenth Corps enemy enemy's Fifth Corps force Fort Powhatan front G. K. WARREN guns H. G. WRIGHT HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY Infantry intrenchments J. W. SHAFFER James River July June 18 June 23 Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General GRANT Major-General and Chief Major-General BUTLER Major-General HUMPHREYS Major-General MEADE Major-General WRIGHT miles morning move NINTH ARMY CORPS Ninth Corps obedient servant p. m. Major-General Petersburg picket-line pickets plank road position POTOMAC R. E. LEE railroad received Regiment relieve respectfully Richmond RUFUS INGALLS SECOND ARMY CORPS Second Corps sent Sheridan skirmish Smith TENTH ARMY THIRD DIVISION U. S. GRANT Volunteers WILLIAMS yesterday York Troops