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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... fire upon the enemy from the public square . The first discharge scattered the cav- alry in the wood ; the next dispersed the squad near the cabin and drove 10 or 15 more out of it ; the third and fourth took effect upon the cabin , a ...
... fire upon the enemy from the public square . The first discharge scattered the cav- alry in the wood ; the next dispersed the squad near the cabin and drove 10 or 15 more out of it ; the third and fourth took effect upon the cabin , a ...
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... fire from the enemy , in order to test the power of his artillery , which having been done , the 64 - pounder , " Lady Grant , " in battery on the extreme left , returned his fire , dropping the first shot within 200 yards in advance of ...
... fire from the enemy , in order to test the power of his artillery , which having been done , the 64 - pounder , " Lady Grant , " in battery on the extreme left , returned his fire , dropping the first shot within 200 yards in advance of ...
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... fire again . I have hardly time to write . CAMP GOGGIN , December 3 , 1861 . GENERAL : The enemy , after keeping up a brisk fire until 1 p . m . , retired and took up march towards Mill Springs . I ordered Colonel Connell's Seventeenth ...
... fire again . I have hardly time to write . CAMP GOGGIN , December 3 , 1861 . GENERAL : The enemy , after keeping up a brisk fire until 1 p . m . , retired and took up march towards Mill Springs . I ordered Colonel Connell's Seventeenth ...
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... fire from the skirmishers recom- menced . The enemy appeared in force upon my right and center . Col- onel Terry , at the head of 75 Rangers , charged about 300 , routed and drove them back , but fell mortally wounded . A body of the ...
... fire from the skirmishers recom- menced . The enemy appeared in force upon my right and center . Col- onel Terry , at the head of 75 Rangers , charged about 300 , routed and drove them back , but fell mortally wounded . A body of the ...
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... fire on my reserve , which was returned with good effect . In order more effectu- ally to prevent his attempt to outflank me I sent Lieutenant - Colonel Monroe , of the Twenty - second Kentucky , with 120 of his own and the Fourteenth ...
... fire on my reserve , which was returned with good effect . In order more effectu- ally to prevent his attempt to outflank me I sent Lieutenant - Colonel Monroe , of the Twenty - second Kentucky , with 120 of his own and the Fourteenth ...
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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