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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... front . I expect by 12 m . to - morrow the whole of the Fifth Corps will be across and in motion for the front . It will probably take till daylight of the 17th before the whole supply train will have crossed , and , during that day and ...
... front . I expect by 12 m . to - morrow the whole of the Fifth Corps will be across and in motion for the front . It will probably take till daylight of the 17th before the whole supply train will have crossed , and , during that day and ...
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... front of Petersburg . 5. On the passage of the cavalry Major - General Wright will with- draw from the intrenched line he now holds ; crossing the river and leaving a sufficient guard till the bridge is taken up will move with his corps ...
... front of Petersburg . 5. On the passage of the cavalry Major - General Wright will with- draw from the intrenched line he now holds ; crossing the river and leaving a sufficient guard till the bridge is taken up will move with his corps ...
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... front . He holds a line of from two miles to the left of the Jordan Point road to the Appomattox , five miles in all . I have sent him back word to again push on to the Appomattox . Gen- eral Hancock's corps has probably joined him ere ...
... front . He holds a line of from two miles to the left of the Jordan Point road to the Appomattox , five miles in all . I have sent him back word to again push on to the Appomattox . Gen- eral Hancock's corps has probably joined him ere ...
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... front of you , I cannot give positive directions how far or how hard you should push in the morn ing . I will leave this to your judgment , knowing that you will push any advantage that may be gained to - night . If you do not require ...
... front of you , I cannot give positive directions how far or how hard you should push in the morn ing . I will leave this to your judgment , knowing that you will push any advantage that may be gained to - night . If you do not require ...
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... front . They have withdrawn all pickets . They have been crowding trains to Peters- burg since 2 p . m . yesterday by road and rail . They are crossing at Chaffin's farm . NORTON , Captain . CIRCULAR . ] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
... front . They have withdrawn all pickets . They have been crowding trains to Peters- burg since 2 p . m . yesterday by road and rail . They are crossing at Chaffin's farm . NORTON , Captain . CIRCULAR . ] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
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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