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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... July 10 , 1863 . 22. Second . Two unsuccessful assaults upon Fort Wagner , on July 11 and 18 , respectively . 23. Third . The demolition of Fort Sumter by two bombardments , viz , from the 17th to the 23d of August , and from the 27th ...
... July 10 , 1863 . 22. Second . Two unsuccessful assaults upon Fort Wagner , on July 11 and 18 , respectively . 23. Third . The demolition of Fort Sumter by two bombardments , viz , from the 17th to the 23d of August , and from the 27th ...
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... July . 52. It was known from deserters and fugitives that the enemy had there in position from ten to twelve guns of various calibers , and that these were so arranged in batteries of single pieces that they each covered with their fire ...
... July . 52. It was known from deserters and fugitives that the enemy had there in position from ten to twelve guns of various calibers , and that these were so arranged in batteries of single pieces that they each covered with their fire ...
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... July . With the aid of the gunboat Pawnee , Captain Balch , and two army transports , each carrying a small armament , the enemy was repulsed . The demonstration in that quarter having accomplished its object , General Terry's command ...
... July . With the aid of the gunboat Pawnee , Captain Balch , and two army transports , each carrying a small armament , the enemy was repulsed . The demonstration in that quarter having accomplished its object , General Terry's command ...
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... July , and named Battery Reynolds , into a strong defensive line , capable of resisting a formidable sortie . From ... July . 102. July 21 , I directed an emplacement for one 8 - inch Parrott rifle to be prepared next the marsh , on our ...
... July , and named Battery Reynolds , into a strong defensive line , capable of resisting a formidable sortie . From ... July . 102. July 21 , I directed an emplacement for one 8 - inch Parrott rifle to be prepared next the marsh , on our ...
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... July 23. On the night of the 23d the " second parallel " was established by the flying sap , about 600 yards in advance of the first , upon a line running diagonally across the island , in a direction ap- proximately northwest and ...
... July 23. On the night of the 23d the " second parallel " was established by the flying sap , about 600 yards in advance of the first , upon a line running diagonally across the island , in a direction ap- proximately northwest and ...
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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