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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... nearly dark , and finding that I could not succeed in cutting the railroad before dark , or getting to it , I decided to withdraw the command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap for the ...
... nearly dark , and finding that I could not succeed in cutting the railroad before dark , or getting to it , I decided to withdraw the command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap for the ...
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... nearly 5 o'clock , and , with the exception of two regiments ' front on the extreme left , the whole of the main line of the Army of the Tennessee was in its possession , notwithstanding the repeated and desperate assaults of the enemy ...
... nearly 5 o'clock , and , with the exception of two regiments ' front on the extreme left , the whole of the main line of the Army of the Tennessee was in its possession , notwithstanding the repeated and desperate assaults of the enemy ...
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... nearly the whole of its ground . About 6 another force advanced from the direction of Atlanta . General Smith had scarcely changed position to the east side of his works , when the enemy opened upon his left and rear a heavy fire of mus ...
... nearly the whole of its ground . About 6 another force advanced from the direction of Atlanta . General Smith had scarcely changed position to the east side of his works , when the enemy opened upon his left and rear a heavy fire of mus ...
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... nearly dark , and finding that I could not succeed in cutting the railroad before dark , or getting to it , I decided to withdraw the command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap . Here ...
... nearly dark , and finding that I could not succeed in cutting the railroad before dark , or getting to it , I decided to withdraw the command and take up a position for the night between Sugar Valley and the entrance to the gap . Here ...
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... Nearly 100 prisoners were captured . Loss of the enemy , some 1,500 killed and wounded . During the day General McPherson sent the division of General Sweeny , of the Sixteenth Corps , to Lay's Ferry , with instructions to effect a ...
... Nearly 100 prisoners were captured . Loss of the enemy , some 1,500 killed and wounded . During the day General McPherson sent the division of General Sweeny , of the Sixteenth Corps , to Lay's Ferry , with instructions to effect a ...
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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