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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... received through Lieutenant - Colonel Biggs , chief quartermaster here , I this day send back to Fort Powhatan the bridging material brought down yesterday from Bermuda Hundred . The commanding officer of the trains , Cap- tain Lubey ...
... received through Lieutenant - Colonel Biggs , chief quartermaster here , I this day send back to Fort Powhatan the bridging material brought down yesterday from Bermuda Hundred . The commanding officer of the trains , Cap- tain Lubey ...
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... received . Has the commanding general any changes in our usual disposition of forces that he wants ordered ? Q. A. GILLMORE , Major - General . JUNE 13 , 1864-8.30 p . m . ( Received 8.50 p . m . ) General GILLMORE : The commanding ...
... received . Has the commanding general any changes in our usual disposition of forces that he wants ordered ? Q. A. GILLMORE , Major - General . JUNE 13 , 1864-8.30 p . m . ( Received 8.50 p . m . ) General GILLMORE : The commanding ...
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... received word that the enemy's gun - boats have made their appearance on James River . Grant's left has reached the river at Wilcox's Wharf . Lee has undoubtedly anticipated Grant's move . The gun - boats coming down looks like a ...
... received word that the enemy's gun - boats have made their appearance on James River . Grant's left has reached the river at Wilcox's Wharf . Lee has undoubtedly anticipated Grant's move . The gun - boats coming down looks like a ...
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... received at these headquarters that renders an attack quite probable to - night or in the morning , the general commanding directs that you have your line fully manned at 3.30 to - morrow morning , keeping the Sixty - second Ohio in ...
... received at these headquarters that renders an attack quite probable to - night or in the morning , the general commanding directs that you have your line fully manned at 3.30 to - morrow morning , keeping the Sixty - second Ohio in ...
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... ( Received 2 a . m . 15th . ) Maj . THOMAS T. ECKERT : It is not probable that General Meade's forces will be brought any nearer to this place than the Petersburg road . His troops will con- stitute the left wing ; General Butler's the ...
... ( Received 2 a . m . 15th . ) Maj . THOMAS T. ECKERT : It is not probable that General Meade's forces will be brought any nearer to this place than the Petersburg road . His troops will con- stitute the left wing ; General Butler's the ...
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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