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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... position he had taken . He ascertained from a woman who was passing that a party of between 15 and 20 had been in Brownsville during the day , but had just recrossed the river . Entering the town with the main body as rapidly as ...
... position he had taken . He ascertained from a woman who was passing that a party of between 15 and 20 had been in Brownsville during the day , but had just recrossed the river . Entering the town with the main body as rapidly as ...
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... position . The Thirty - eighth Ohio will be with me to day . The Seventeenth will occupy a position on Fishing Creek , to defend against a flank movement should the enemy cross . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , General ...
... position . The Thirty - eighth Ohio will be with me to day . The Seventeenth will occupy a position on Fishing Creek , to defend against a flank movement should the enemy cross . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , General ...
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... position , so that I could determine what disposition to make of my troops as they arrived . On reaching the position held by the Fourth Kentucky , Tenth Indiana , and Wolford's cavalry , at a point where the roads fork leading to ...
... position , so that I could determine what disposition to make of my troops as they arrived . On reaching the position held by the Fourth Kentucky , Tenth Indiana , and Wolford's cavalry , at a point where the roads fork leading to ...
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... position to meet the advancing enemy . On the arrival of the Tenth Indiana Regiment to the support of the pickets they immediately engaged three regiments of the enemy , numbering about 2,500 men , and held their whole force in check ...
... position to meet the advancing enemy . On the arrival of the Tenth Indiana Regiment to the support of the pickets they immediately engaged three regiments of the enemy , numbering about 2,500 men , and held their whole force in check ...
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... position in the woods . " information as to the strength or position of the enemy , and had to be governed entirely by my own judgment as to what was best to be done . Upon arriving at a point where I could see their position I immedi ...
... position in the woods . " information as to the strength or position of the enemy , and had to be governed entirely by my own judgment as to what was best to be done . Upon arriving at a point where I could see their position I immedi ...
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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