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, 1890 - 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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... fire . The skirmishers on the right ( Third and Twelfth Missouri ) advanced gallantly over the undulations of the ground , and the Fifth Ohio Cavalry pressed the rebels back into the timber , bringing them under the fire of my artillery ...
... fire . The skirmishers on the right ( Third and Twelfth Missouri ) advanced gallantly over the undulations of the ground , and the Fifth Ohio Cavalry pressed the rebels back into the timber , bringing them under the fire of my artillery ...
Page 21
... fire by rank , volley after volley , with admirable regularity , into the gray cloud below . This fire scattered them in every direction . They lost their leader in this fire , and Landgraeber's battery assisted handsomely in keeping ...
... fire by rank , volley after volley , with admirable regularity , into the gray cloud below . This fire scattered them in every direction . They lost their leader in this fire , and Landgraeber's battery assisted handsomely in keeping ...
Page 77
... fire of the pickets of the enemy . It was deemed better to take this risk than to attempt to launch the boats near ... fires kept burning , lest in the night the upper points should be mistaken . The remainder of General Turchin's ...
... fire of the pickets of the enemy . It was deemed better to take this risk than to attempt to launch the boats near ... fires kept burning , lest in the night the upper points should be mistaken . The remainder of General Turchin's ...
Page 80
... fire of the enemy's artillery , which had in the meantime commenced throwing shells into our midst . While going over with the first piece of artillery , a shell passed a few feet over their heads ; a little farther on another plowed ...
... fire of the enemy's artillery , which had in the meantime commenced throwing shells into our midst . While going over with the first piece of artillery , a shell passed a few feet over their heads ; a little farther on another plowed ...
Page 86
... fire . I had them to cease immediately . I had given orders before starting that this would be only a small party , and we were to receive their fire and march on and take possession of the house . In a few minutes we struck the shore ...
... fire . I had them to cease immediately . I had given orders before starting that this would be only a small party , and we were to receive their fire and march on and take possession of the house . In a few minutes we struck the shore ...
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advance Answer Army Corps arrived artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery Bean's Station boats bridge Bridgeport Brig Brigadier-General Brown's Ferry Burnside camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Chattanooga Collierville Colonel Hecker column command companies Cross-Roads crossed Cumberland December direction dispatch East Tennessee Eastport enemy enemy's engaged fire flank force forward front Geary guns halted HDQRS HEADQUARTERS hill Holston honor Hooker horses Illinois Indiana JAMES LONGSTREET JOSEPH HOOKER Kentucky killed Knoxville Lenoir's Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Longstreet Loudon Major-General manding Michigan miles morning Morristown Mossy Creek Mountain move night November obedient servant occupied October 27 officers Ohio ordered pickets position prisoners railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully road Rogersville Schurz scouts Second Brigade Second Division sent Shellmound Sherman SIXTEENTH ARMY skirmishers south side Strawberry Plains Tenn Third Brigade troops Tuscumbia Twelfth Corps U. S. Army Volunteer Infantry wagons Wauhatchie wounded