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 60
... yards of the center of the town , Major Ross , chief of artillery of the corps , experimented by throw- ing hot shot ... yards from the city , from which point he threw shells into the city as rapidly as was considered safe for the gun ...
... yards of the center of the town , Major Ross , chief of artillery of the corps , experimented by throw- ing hot shot ... yards from the city , from which point he threw shells into the city as rapidly as was considered safe for the gun ...
Page 125
... yards ) . On receipt of your order to advance , my skirmishers and sharpshooters opened a lively 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 ...
... yards ) . On receipt of your order to advance , my skirmishers and sharpshooters opened a lively 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 ...
Page 131
... yards . The bed of this creek is very deep and abrupt , and , owing to its formation , not only gave complete shelter to the enemy's sharp- shooters , but was wide enough to permit the collection and forma- tion of large masses of ...
... yards . The bed of this creek is very deep and abrupt , and , owing to its formation , not only gave complete shelter to the enemy's sharp- shooters , but was wide enough to permit the collection and forma- tion of large masses of ...
Page 135
... yards of , the depot and sur- rounding houses ; this battery could also play on the enemy's line in my whole front . The site of this battery was about 200 yards to the right and 120 yards to the rear of my line . I , therefore ...
... yards of , the depot and sur- rounding houses ; this battery could also play on the enemy's line in my whole front . The site of this battery was about 200 yards to the right and 120 yards to the rear of my line . I , therefore ...
Page 142
... yards . This position was occupied during the remainder of the day and night and until 4 o'clock on the after- noon of the 14th . Our skirmishers were during this time con- stantly engaged with those of the enemy . About 4 p . m . of ...
... yards . This position was occupied during the remainder of the day and night and until 4 o'clock on the after- noon of the 14th . Our skirmishers were during this time con- stantly engaged with those of the enemy . About 4 p . m . of ...
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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