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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... BRIGADE , Fortress Monroe , June 13 , 1864-9 a . m . Assistant Adjutant - General , Headquarters Army of the Potomac : In consequence of the directions of General Grant in a letter to Lieu- tenant - Colonel Biggs , chief quartermaster ...
... BRIGADE , Fortress Monroe , June 13 , 1864-9 a . m . Assistant Adjutant - General , Headquarters Army of the Potomac : In consequence of the directions of General Grant in a letter to Lieu- tenant - Colonel Biggs , chief quartermaster ...
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... brigade , will follow immediately after the wagon trains to protect them . You will take the road from Long Bridge to Saint Mary's ( or Salem ) Church , Walker's , Taylor's , & c . , following after the Second Corps . You will leave one ...
... brigade , will follow immediately after the wagon trains to protect them . You will take the road from Long Bridge to Saint Mary's ( or Salem ) Church , Walker's , Taylor's , & c . , following after the Second Corps . You will leave one ...
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... brigade . The road is barricaded at many points . We are , therefore , delayed consid- erably . We hear nothing of ... brigade met about an hour ago Gary's brigade of cavalry , consisting of Hampton's ( old ) Legion , Seventh South ...
... brigade . The road is barricaded at many points . We are , therefore , delayed consid- erably . We hear nothing of ... brigade met about an hour ago Gary's brigade of cavalry , consisting of Hampton's ( old ) Legion , Seventh South ...
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... Brigade : ( Received 3.30 p . m . ) The commanding general directs that immediately upon the arrival of the bridge material at Fort Powhatan you construct the bridge across the James River at the point selected by General Weitzel , and ...
... Brigade : ( Received 3.30 p . m . ) The commanding general directs that immediately upon the arrival of the bridge material at Fort Powhatan you construct the bridge across the James River at the point selected by General Weitzel , and ...
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... Brigade : ( Care of Major - General Hancock . ) The major - general commanding directs that you send six pontoons to Major - General Hancock to be used as a temporary bridge . They will be returned when the second bridge is being laid ...
... Brigade : ( Care of Major - General Hancock . ) The major - general commanding directs that you send six pontoons to Major - General Hancock to be used as a temporary bridge . They will be returned when the second bridge is being laid ...
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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