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, 1890 - 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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... Charleston Harbor , Sept. 1 - Dec . 31 , 1863 . No. 1 . Extract from annual report of Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , Gen- eral - in - Chief , U. S. Army . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. , November 15 , 1863 . SIR : In ...
... Charleston Harbor , Sept. 1 - Dec . 31 , 1863 . No. 1 . Extract from annual report of Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , Gen- eral - in - Chief , U. S. Army . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. , November 15 , 1863 . SIR : In ...
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... Charleston was preparing , and that its success required the military occupation of Morris Island , and the establish- ment of land batteries on that island to assist in the reduction of Fort Sumter . The establishment of these ...
... Charleston was preparing , and that its success required the military occupation of Morris Island , and the establish- ment of land batteries on that island to assist in the reduction of Fort Sumter . The establishment of these ...
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... CHARLESTON HARBOR . 2. The defenses provided for the city of Charleston by the United States before the war comprised the following works , viz : 3. First . Fort Sumter , a strong casemated brick work of five faces , designed to mount ...
... CHARLESTON HARBOR . 2. The defenses provided for the city of Charleston by the United States before the war comprised the following works , viz : 3. First . Fort Sumter , a strong casemated brick work of five faces , designed to mount ...
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... Charleston , formidable defenses were also erected , covering the approach down the Peninsula , but no very reliable information as to their extent and strength had been ob- tained by us prior to the siege of Fort Sumter , which ...
... Charleston , formidable defenses were also erected , covering the approach down the Peninsula , but no very reliable information as to their extent and strength had been ob- tained by us prior to the siege of Fort Sumter , which ...
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... Charleston that would involve their leaving their hold upon the narrow sea islands , where on the one hand they had the co - operation of the navy against the iron - clad rams and gunboats of the enemy , and on the other practically ...
... Charleston that would involve their leaving their hold upon the narrow sea islands , where on the one hand they had the co - operation of the navy against the iron - clad rams and gunboats of the enemy , and on the other practically ...
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advance assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack August Battalion Battery Gregg Battery Simkins Battery Wagner Beauregard boats bomb-proof bombardment breaching Brig brigade Brigadier-General Brooke gun Capt Captain casualties Charleston Cheves Colonel columbiad commanding Company Creek Cumming's Point directed duty end of Morris Folly Island force Fort Johnson Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter Fort Wagner front garrison Georgia gunboats Hagood harbor headquarters Hilton Head howitzers infantry iron-clads Ironsides James Island Johnson July Keitt land batteries last night Lieut Lieutenant Light-House Inlet magazine marsh Military District monitors morning Morris Island mortar shells Moultrie o'clock obedient servant officers opened fire operations ordnance Otter Island parapet Parrott rifles party pickets position re-enforcements rear regiment respectfully Ripley Saint Helena Island sand-bags second parallel September sharpshooters shots were fired siege signal steamer Stono Sullivan's Island Sumter telegraph teries to-day transports troops vessels Volunteer Engineers Wagner and Gregg wounded yards