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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... approach in that direction . * * * * * * 16. In rear of the city of Charleston , formidable defenses were also erected , covering the approach down the Peninsula , but no very reliable information as to their extent and strength had ...
... approach in that direction . * * * * * * 16. In rear of the city of Charleston , formidable defenses were also erected , covering the approach down the Peninsula , but no very reliable information as to their extent and strength had ...
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... approaches from James Island . A road had also been opened , practicable for infantry and artillery , by means of which a concealed communication with all points of the island was secured . 43. A naval force under Commander [ George B ...
... approaches from James Island . A road had also been opened , practicable for infantry and artillery , by means of which a concealed communication with all points of the island was secured . 43. A naval force under Commander [ George B ...
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... approach in small boats from a distant point , exposed to full view and constant artillery fire , disembark and form upon an open beach in the presence of the enemy , and finally advance to the attack under the combined fire of ...
... approach in small boats from a distant point , exposed to full view and constant artillery fire , disembark and form upon an open beach in the presence of the enemy , and finally advance to the attack under the combined fire of ...
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... approach , and that two , or perhaps three , heavy guns covered the main channel abreast of the island . Battery Gregg ... approaches . 78 . SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 9 . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , In the Field , Morris Island ...
... approach , and that two , or perhaps three , heavy guns covered the main channel abreast of the island . Battery Gregg ... approaches . 78 . SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 9 . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , In the Field , Morris Island ...
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... approaches were ; there- fore , also made , although the obstacles to be removed and the diffi- culties to overcome appeared most formidable . The work was in- closed , and occupied the entire breadth of the island , extending from high ...
... approaches were ; there- fore , also made , although the obstacles to be removed and the diffi- culties to overcome appeared most formidable . The work was in- closed , and occupied the entire breadth of the island , extending from high ...
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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