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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... land them in a few miles of your position fresh and ready for action . So he can in a night re - enforce them until he has a number sufficient to assure his success . I have found this objection to the line , and it has therefore been ...
... land them in a few miles of your position fresh and ready for action . So he can in a night re - enforce them until he has a number sufficient to assure his success . I have found this objection to the line , and it has therefore been ...
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... land in Perry County , Kentucky , em- bracing some 4,000 acres , with privilege of using the machinery thereon situated and of making salt there and of cultivating the land , and with the privilege of cutting the timber and mining the ...
... land in Perry County , Kentucky , em- bracing some 4,000 acres , with privilege of using the machinery thereon situated and of making salt there and of cultivating the land , and with the privilege of cutting the timber and mining the ...
Page 72
... land 6. From the latter place to this it is 40 miles ; a good road even at this period of the year , but destitute of water , except in the rainy season . We accomplished the march ( 46 miles ) in three days , an aver age of 15 miles ...
... land 6. From the latter place to this it is 40 miles ; a good road even at this period of the year , but destitute of water , except in the rainy season . We accomplished the march ( 46 miles ) in three days , an aver age of 15 miles ...
Page 85
... land River , and prevent a flank movement of the enemy , and gain an eminence which commanded the ferry at a point where the river divides the enemy's camp . I immediately occupied the place specified in your order with the Tenth ...
... land River , and prevent a flank movement of the enemy , and gain an eminence which commanded the ferry at a point where the river divides the enemy's camp . I immediately occupied the place specified in your order with the Tenth ...
Page 87
... land and by the timber and thick undergrowth adjacent thereto . The engagement at once became very warm . Finding that I was greatly outnumbered , and the enemy being under cover , I ordered my men to the opposite side of the fence in ...
... land and by the timber and thick undergrowth adjacent thereto . The engagement at once became very warm . Finding that I was greatly outnumbered , and the enemy being under cover , I ordered my men to the opposite side of the fence in ...
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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