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, 1891 - 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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... command of the Fourth Army Corps . Brig . Gen. Alpheus S. Williams , U. S. Army , succeeds Maj . Gen. Joseph Hooker in temporary command of the Twen- tieth Army Corps . 27-31 , 1864. - McCook's raid on the Atlanta and West Point and ...
... command of the Fourth Army Corps . Brig . Gen. Alpheus S. Williams , U. S. Army , succeeds Maj . Gen. Joseph Hooker in temporary command of the Twen- tieth Army Corps . 27-31 , 1864. - McCook's raid on the Atlanta and West Point and ...
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... command was somewhat scattered at this date . Major - General McPherson , com- manding the department , applied himself to the task of concentrating a column , from 20,000 to 25,000 strong , at Chattanooga . The Fif- teenth Corps ...
... command was somewhat scattered at this date . Major - General McPherson , com- manding the department , applied himself to the task of concentrating a column , from 20,000 to 25,000 strong , at Chattanooga . The Fif- teenth Corps ...
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... command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap . Here follow the reasons for retiring : first , the exposed position ; second , General Dodge's command without rations . The general thought ...
... command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap . Here follow the reasons for retiring : first , the exposed position ; second , General Dodge's command without rations . The general thought ...
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... command went into position . May 17 , the command marched to McGuire's Cross - Roads . On the morning of the 18th , in obedience to instructions from General Sherman in his letter from Adairsville , May 17 , the command formed a ...
... command went into position . May 17 , the command marched to McGuire's Cross - Roads . On the morning of the 18th , in obedience to instructions from General Sherman in his letter from Adairsville , May 17 , the command formed a ...
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... command was occupied in making approaches , digging rifle - pits , and erect- ing batteries , being subjected day and night to a galling fire of artillery and mus- ketry . This was literally true of the entire army . Line after line was ...
... command was occupied in making approaches , digging rifle - pits , and erect- ing batteries , being subjected day and night to a galling fire of artillery and mus- ketry . This was literally true of the entire army . Line after line was ...
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Acworth Alabama Army of Tennessee arrived artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta attack August Battalion battery breast-works Brig Brigadier-General C. S. Army camp Capt Captain captured casualties cavalry charge Chattahoochee Chattahoochee River Colonel command Company crossed Decatur driving enemy engaged enlisted evacuated fall back Fifteenth Army Corps Fifteenth Corps fire force Fourth Division front gallantry Georgia guns Hardee's HDQRS headquarters heavy hill honor Illinois Illinois Infantry Infantry intrenched Iowa Iowa Infantry Jonesborough July 22 June Kenesaw Mountain killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle loss Major-General mand marched Marietta miles Mississippi Missouri morning moved forward Nickajack Creek night o'clock obedient servant occupied officers operations July Osterhaus pickets prisoners railroad rear rebel regiment relieved remained repulsed Resaca respectfully rifle-pits River road Second Brigade Second Division September Seventeenth Army Corps Seventeenth Corps Sixteenth skirmish line Special Field Orders Tennessee Third Brigade took position troops Volunteers William wounded yards