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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Page 23
... fire was opened from batteries posted on a ridge in their rear , the fire being directed upon the rear of the Seventeenth Corps . Simultaneously with this attack the enemy emerged from the timber , in front and to the right of the ...
... fire was opened from batteries posted on a ridge in their rear , the fire being directed upon the rear of the Seventeenth Corps . Simultaneously with this attack the enemy emerged from the timber , in front and to the right of the ...
Page 93
... fire . The artil- lery from their forts opened in one continuous roar . The direction of most of their artillery fire was at first diagonally across the lines , the angle growing less as the storming column advanced , until it nearly ...
... fire . The artil- lery from their forts opened in one continuous roar . The direction of most of their artillery fire was at first diagonally across the lines , the angle growing less as the storming column advanced , until it nearly ...
Page 99
... fire from three batteries of about twelve pieces , throwing shot and shell , and from a musketry fire from the sharpshooters of the enemy , situated below the enemy's first line of rifle - pits and also from the rifle - pits . After a ...
... fire from three batteries of about twelve pieces , throwing shot and shell , and from a musketry fire from the sharpshooters of the enemy , situated below the enemy's first line of rifle - pits and also from the rifle - pits . After a ...
Page 109
... fire for about fifteen minutes , when they uncovered their lines and made a sudden and desperate assault on all parts of my line , approaching at points on the left of General Hazen's line ( which was the left of my posi- tion ) within ...
... fire for about fifteen minutes , when they uncovered their lines and made a sudden and desperate assault on all parts of my line , approaching at points on the left of General Hazen's line ( which was the left of my posi- tion ) within ...
Page 125
... fire on the rebels occupying a belt of timber in their front . Following up their fire by a steady advance , they soon dislodged the rebels , driving them from every position which the terrain induced them to take , until their rear ...
... fire on the rebels occupying a belt of timber in their front . Following up their fire by a steady advance , they soon dislodged the rebels , driving them from every position which the terrain induced them to take , until their rear ...
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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