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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... islands reach to within 3 to 4 miles from the city . The harbor inside is bounded by the main land on the north and by James Island on the south side . The shortest distance between Sullivan's and Morris Islands is 2,700 yards ...
... islands reach to within 3 to 4 miles from the city . The harbor inside is bounded by the main land on the north and by James Island on the south side . The shortest distance between Sullivan's and Morris Islands is 2,700 yards ...
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... Morris Island from that quarter , and , if possible , draw a portion of the Morris Island garrison in that direction . Third . The cutting of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Jacksborough by ascending the South Edisto River , in ...
... Morris Island from that quarter , and , if possible , draw a portion of the Morris Island garrison in that direction . Third . The cutting of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Jacksborough by ascending the South Edisto River , in ...
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... Morris Island on the 10th of 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 ...
... Morris Island on the 10th of 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 ...
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... Morris Island should be a surprise in order to insure success . Secrecy was , therefore , an essen- tial element in the preparations . Most of the work on the batteries and all the transportation to them was accomplished at night and in ...
... Morris Island should be a surprise in order to insure success . Secrecy was , therefore , an essen- tial element in the preparations . Most of the work on the batteries and all the transportation to them was accomplished at night and in ...
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... Morris Island by or before sunrise to - morrow morning , to co - operate with the land forces . IV . Should the night attack fail from any cause , the assaulting column will with- draw to Folly Island , sending their boats into Folly Island ...
... Morris Island by or before sunrise to - morrow morning , to co - operate with the land forces . IV . Should the night attack fail from any cause , the assaulting column will with- draw to Folly Island , sending their boats into Folly Island ...
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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