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, 1882 - 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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... command at Fort Donelson , Tenn . Skirmish near Fort Heiman , Ky . 14 , 1862. - Brig . Gen. U. S. Grant , U. S. Army , assigned to command of the District of West Tennessee . Brig . Gen. William T. Sherman , U. S. Army , assigned to command ...
... command at Fort Donelson , Tenn . Skirmish near Fort Heiman , Ky . 14 , 1862. - Brig . Gen. U. S. Grant , U. S. Army , assigned to command of the District of West Tennessee . Brig . Gen. William T. Sherman , U. S. Army , assigned to command ...
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... command , under a discreet officer , who shall proceed to Jennie's Creek and learn whether the enemy is still there , and , if so , whether he has been re - enforced . If he has left , try to discover the route he has taken . I leave ...
... command , under a discreet officer , who shall proceed to Jennie's Creek and learn whether the enemy is still there , and , if so , whether he has been re - enforced . If he has left , try to discover the route he has taken . I leave ...
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... command came and went by his column ; some of them made speeches to Colonel Moore's men . I bore all this in silence , but disapprovingly . The command was finally brought forward to the other side of Cumberland Mountain last Saturday ...
... command came and went by his column ; some of them made speeches to Colonel Moore's men . I bore all this in silence , but disapprovingly . The command was finally brought forward to the other side of Cumberland Mountain last Saturday ...
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... command . I propose then to attach the remaining three com- panies to Colonel Moore's regiment , so as to complete the Twenty - ninth Virginia according to your order , and I will assign the command of the post at Pound Gap to Major ...
... command . I propose then to attach the remaining three com- panies to Colonel Moore's regiment , so as to complete the Twenty - ninth Virginia according to your order , and I will assign the command of the post at Pound Gap to Major ...
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... command into action , the country and the service have sustained a loss which I most deeply deplore . A brave and chivalrous gentleman , I esteemed him as one of the very best officers of his rank in the service . Colonel Forrest pays ...
... command into action , the country and the service have sustained a loss which I most deeply deplore . A brave and chivalrous gentleman , I esteemed him as one of the very best officers of his rank in the service . Colonel Forrest pays ...
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advance arms arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battalion battery battle boats Bowling Green Brig brigade Brigadier-General Buckner C. S. Army Cairo camp Capt Captain cavalry Clarksville Colonel Columbus command companies Creek Cumberland Cumberland River D. C. BUELL December defense division Donelson East Tennessee enemy enemy's engaged February February 15 field fire flank Floyd force Fort Donelson Fort Henry forward front gunboats guns H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT Henry Illinois Indiana infantry intrenchments J. P. BENJAMIN January Kentucky killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Louisville Major-General MCCLELLAN ment miles Mill Springs Mississippi Missouri morning move movement Nashville night o'clock obedient servant officers Ohio Paducah pickets Piketon Pillow position Prestonburg railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received regiment respectfully retreat rifle road Saint Louis sent skirmishers Somerset surrender Tenn Tennessee River troops U. S. GRANT Volunteers WESTERN DEPARTMENT wounded Zollicoffer