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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Page 40
... leave me no alternative but to try to bring the command forward under the charge of the lieutenant - colonel or the major . Therefore I ordered Colonel Moore in arrest , and directed him to return to his home until you could order an ...
... leave me no alternative but to try to bring the command forward under the charge of the lieutenant - colonel or the major . Therefore I ordered Colonel Moore in arrest , and directed him to return to his home until you could order an ...
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... leave myself a little room to observe whether the arrest alone will not answer without a trial . I am here , 33 miles above Louisa and about 60 miles from the Ohio River . Below me are several large towns : Louisa , 900 population ...
... leave myself a little room to observe whether the arrest alone will not answer without a trial . I am here , 33 miles above Louisa and about 60 miles from the Ohio River . Below me are several large towns : Louisa , 900 population ...
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... leave their families to starve in order to fight anybody's battles on any side . I am told by the commissaries that this country will be exhausted of all supplies in two or three weeks at furthest . What am I then to do ? If I had a ...
... leave their families to starve in order to fight anybody's battles on any side . I am told by the commissaries that this country will be exhausted of all supplies in two or three weeks at furthest . What am I then to do ? If I had a ...
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... leave the immediate valley of the Sandy nor to ascend the river in any force beyond the scene of his conflict with me on the 10th of January . On the contrary , he has left only a part of his force at Paintsville , and has only paid a ...
... leave the immediate valley of the Sandy nor to ascend the river in any force beyond the scene of his conflict with me on the 10th of January . On the contrary , he has left only a part of his force at Paintsville , and has only paid a ...
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... leave me idle or in unprofitable employment . I will not here dwell on these views , but I request leave , when the regiment shall be posted , to visit Richmond for a few days , in order to have these views laid before the proper ...
... leave me idle or in unprofitable employment . I will not here dwell on these views , but I request leave , when the regiment shall be posted , to visit Richmond for a few days , in order to have these views laid before the proper ...
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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