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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Page 12
... enemy's batteries on the south end of Morris Island were gallantly and suc- cessively taken by him . By 9 o'clock we occupied three - fourths of the island , and our skirmishers were within musket - range of Fort Wagner . The heat being ...
... enemy's batteries on the south end of Morris Island were gallantly and suc- cessively taken by him . By 9 o'clock we occupied three - fourths of the island , and our skirmishers were within musket - range of Fort Wagner . The heat being ...
Page 37
... enemy from them by sheer weight of metal , before the works themselves had sustained any material injury . There were no bomb - proof shelters for the men in either work . Had the enemy's artillery been distributed along the opposite ...
... enemy from them by sheer weight of metal , before the works themselves had sustained any material injury . There were no bomb - proof shelters for the men in either work . Had the enemy's artillery been distributed along the opposite ...
Page 61
... enemy's pickets , outposts , and advanced lines , to carry the first or Craig's Hill battery , and to give time , also , for the whole column , before daylight , to push beyond the level , open , and exposed space between Battery Wagner ...
... enemy's pickets , outposts , and advanced lines , to carry the first or Craig's Hill battery , and to give time , also , for the whole column , before daylight , to push beyond the level , open , and exposed space between Battery Wagner ...
Page 62
... enemy's force on the island , and in the consequent paralysis of the expedition until additional force could be procured , thus giving us time to throw up the works contemplated before the enemy took possession of that part of the ...
... enemy's force on the island , and in the consequent paralysis of the expedition until additional force could be procured , thus giving us time to throw up the works contemplated before the enemy took possession of that part of the ...
Page 67
... enemy in a few days . Meantime General W. S. Walker reports increased strength yesterday of enemy's outposts in his vicinity . Hagood reports 2,500 infantry on Seabrook's Island , forti- fying ; five monitors still there . Enemy in ...
... enemy in a few days . Meantime General W. S. Walker reports increased strength yesterday of enemy's outposts in his vicinity . Hagood reports 2,500 infantry on Seabrook's Island , forti- fying ; five monitors still there . Enemy in ...
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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