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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... embrasure and one en bar- bette . It is built on a shoal , its foundations being formed by stones à perdue . It is ... embrasures of the second tier had been finished at the commencement of the present war , and the open- ings left for ...
... embrasure and one en bar- bette . It is built on a shoal , its foundations being formed by stones à perdue . It is ... embrasures of the second tier had been finished at the commencement of the present war , and the open- ings left for ...
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... embrasures and cutting away the brush - wood in front of them . ( See Plate II . * ) 64. About midnight of the 8th , it was determined for various rea- sons , the principal of which was the unseaworthy condition of our boats , to defer ...
... embrasures and cutting away the brush - wood in front of them . ( See Plate II . * ) 64. About midnight of the 8th , it was determined for various rea- sons , the principal of which was the unseaworthy condition of our boats , to defer ...
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... Embrasures of this Tier werë not finished by us - a large opening ( temporarily filled full of bricks ) be- ing left at this place . GORGE Mangraving Co. from Wagner alone almost enveloped the head of our sap CHAP . XL ] 25 GENERAL ...
... Embrasures of this Tier werë not finished by us - a large opening ( temporarily filled full of bricks ) be- ing left at this place . GORGE Mangraving Co. from Wagner alone almost enveloped the head of our sap CHAP . XL ] 25 GENERAL ...
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... embrasures , and a covered way to be erected between Batteries Wagner and Gregg . The fire of the enemy during the morning of the 9th was heavy and rapid from his land batteries . The officer in command of the advance pickets reported ...
... embrasures , and a covered way to be erected between Batteries Wagner and Gregg . The fire of the enemy during the morning of the 9th was heavy and rapid from his land batteries . The officer in command of the advance pickets reported ...
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... embrasures closed in order to prevent our pieces from being dismounted . Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th , the enemy's fire was principally directed against Fort Sumter . After that time Battery Wagner was fiercely ...
... embrasures closed in order to prevent our pieces from being dismounted . Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th , the enemy's fire was principally directed against Fort Sumter . After that time Battery Wagner was fiercely ...
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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