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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... honor to report the following general summary of the result of the attack of the enemy on this army on the 22d instant : Total loss , killed , wounded , and missing , 3,521 men and 10 pieces of artillery . We have buried and delivered ...
... honor to report the following general summary of the result of the attack of the enemy on this army on the 22d instant : Total loss , killed , wounded , and missing , 3,521 men and 10 pieces of artillery . We have buried and delivered ...
Page 70
... honor to transmit herewith copy of rebel sig- nal messages , deciphered by the officers of my detachment , between the 10th and 20th instant . They were sent in a code adopted by them since we closed with the enemy in this position ...
... honor to transmit herewith copy of rebel sig- nal messages , deciphered by the officers of my detachment , between the 10th and 20th instant . They were sent in a code adopted by them since we closed with the enemy in this position ...
Page 84
... honor to be , colonel , very respectfully , your obedient servant , O. H. HOWARD , Captain , Signal Corps , U. S. Army , Comdg . Detach . Lieut . Col. WILLIAM T. CLARK , Asst . Adjt . Gen. , Dept. and Army of the Tennesseee . No. 446 ...
... honor to be , colonel , very respectfully , your obedient servant , O. H. HOWARD , Captain , Signal Corps , U. S. Army , Comdg . Detach . Lieut . Col. WILLIAM T. CLARK , Asst . Adjt . Gen. , Dept. and Army of the Tennesseee . No. 446 ...
Page 87
... honor to report that about 10 o'clock yester- day morning I caused my skirmish line to advance against that of the enemy , driving them from their pits , which we took possession of after a short but spirited skirmish . At about 1 o ...
... honor to report that about 10 o'clock yester- day morning I caused my skirmish line to advance against that of the enemy , driving them from their pits , which we took possession of after a short but spirited skirmish . At about 1 o ...
Page 112
... honor to recommend for promotion to the rank of brigadier - generals of volunteers the following - named officers , for gallant and meritorious services in the field during this campaign : Čol . John M. Oliver , Fifteenth Michigan ...
... honor to recommend for promotion to the rank of brigadier - generals of volunteers the following - named officers , for gallant and meritorious services in the field during this campaign : Čol . John M. Oliver , Fifteenth Michigan ...
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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