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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... River at suitable points . General P. has gone to Fort Smith . I leave in an hour for Saint Louis . [ 4. ] Respectfully , JNO . C. BURCH . WAR DEPARTMENT , C. S. A. , Montgomery , April 19 , 1861 . His Excellency ISHAM G. HARRIS ...
... River at suitable points . General P. has gone to Fort Smith . I leave in an hour for Saint Louis . [ 4. ] Respectfully , JNO . C. BURCH . WAR DEPARTMENT , C. S. A. , Montgomery , April 19 , 1861 . His Excellency ISHAM G. HARRIS ...
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... river here , makes it capable of being rendered an almost impregnable point . Just below the town is Wolf Island ... River for the purpose of interrupting the passage of armed troops by that river , agreeably to your verbal instruc tions ...
... river here , makes it capable of being rendered an almost impregnable point . Just below the town is Wolf Island ... River for the purpose of interrupting the passage of armed troops by that river , agreeably to your verbal instruc tions ...
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... river with cannon and covering them with land - works - au intrenched camp capable of holding 30,000 men . With this the passage of the river could not be effected , and there would be no use in turning such a work , since noth- ing ...
... river with cannon and covering them with land - works - au intrenched camp capable of holding 30,000 men . With this the passage of the river could not be effected , and there would be no use in turning such a work , since noth- ing ...
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... River . Our defenses are not com- pleted , but we will have them far enough advanced by the time the enemy is ready to move , and we will have in these works an armament sufficient to command the river . The character of the country for ...
... River . Our defenses are not com- pleted , but we will have them far enough advanced by the time the enemy is ready to move , and we will have in these works an armament sufficient to command the river . The character of the country for ...
Page 93
... river . I write you on the subject , knowing that you feel as much interest in the matter as I do , and that you may be able to get the President and Secretary of War to order men and arms to our assistance at once . Delay is dangerous ...
... river . I write you on the subject , knowing that you feel as much interest in the matter as I do , and that you may be able to get the President and Secretary of War to order men and arms to our assistance at once . Delay is dangerous ...
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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