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, 1898 - 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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... NASHVILLE , April 6 , 1861 . Hon . L. P. WALKER , Secretary of War , C. S. A .: 66 DEAR SIR : I had intended to be in Montgomery before this , but the absence of Mr. Trousdale and sickness in my family have prevented my leaving home . I ...
... NASHVILLE , April 6 , 1861 . Hon . L. P. WALKER , Secretary of War , C. S. A .: 66 DEAR SIR : I had intended to be in Montgomery before this , but the absence of Mr. Trousdale and sickness in my family have prevented my leaving home . I ...
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... Nashville , Tenn .: SIR : The engagements of the Secretary of War just now are so urgent and continuous as to make personal reply , except after a delay too great , to your letter of the 6th instant impossible . I am therefore ...
... Nashville , Tenn .: SIR : The engagements of the Secretary of War just now are so urgent and continuous as to make personal reply , except after a delay too great , to your letter of the 6th instant impossible . I am therefore ...
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... Nashville to that point , and by railroad we can go much faster than by boat . I will conform , however , to your directions . As you gave no directions in regard to the formation of the regiment , I will conform to our State rules ...
... Nashville to that point , and by railroad we can go much faster than by boat . I will conform , however , to your directions . As you gave no directions in regard to the formation of the regiment , I will conform to our State rules ...
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United States. War Department. NASHVILLE , April 13 , 1861 . Hon . L. P. WALKER : Leading military men of Tennessee meet here to - morrow to devise plan for concert of action to assist you . [ 4. ] JNO . C. BURCH . Hon . L. P. WALKER ...
United States. War Department. NASHVILLE , April 13 , 1861 . Hon . L. P. WALKER : Leading military men of Tennessee meet here to - morrow to devise plan for concert of action to assist you . [ 4. ] JNO . C. BURCH . Hon . L. P. WALKER ...
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... NASHVILLE , April 16 , 1861 . Brig . Gen. S. COOPER : Whole city in mass meeting last night . Unanimous for the South . Recommended call of Legislature to call convention to secede . Send quick . [ 4. ] JOHN H. MORGAN , Lexington , Ky ...
... NASHVILLE , April 16 , 1861 . Brig . Gen. S. COOPER : Whole city in mass meeting last night . Unanimous for the South . Recommended call of Legislature to call convention to secede . Send quick . [ 4. ] JOHN H. MORGAN , Lexington , Ky ...
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ADJT Adjutant and Inspector Alabama Alabama Troops April arms Army of Tennessee artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta battalion batteries Beauregard BRAXTON BRAGG Brig brigade Brigadier-General C. S. Army camp Capt Captain cavalry Chattanooga Colonel Columbus command companies Confederacy Confederate conscript Corinth corps Dalton DEAR SIR defense Department direction dispatch division duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's force Fort Gaines Fort Morgan GENERAL'S OFFICE Georgia Government Governor gun-boats guns Hardee HDQRS HEADQUARTERS honor hope inclose indorsement Infantry ISHAM G J. E. JOHNSTON JEFFERSON DAVIS Kentucky Knoxville L. P. WALKER letter Lieut Lieutenant-General Major-General March MAURY Memphis ment miles military militia Milledgeville Mississippi Troops Mobile Montgomery move Nashville obedient servant October organized Pensacola Polk railroad re-enforcements received Regiment respectfully Richmond Rifles river road scouts Secretary Secretary of War sent SPECIAL ORDERS supplies Tenn Tennessee Troops tion to-day Vicksburg Virginia Volunteers yesterday