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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... 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 artillery and small - arms . 51. Yet these were the difficult conditions of the problem so suc ...
... 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 artillery and small - arms . 51. Yet these were the difficult conditions of the problem so suc ...
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... fire to which the position was exposed , orders were issued to give to its defensive ar- rangements the most formidable character . 105. The creek on the left was spanned by two booms of floating timber , to keep off sorties from boats ...
... fire to which the position was exposed , orders were issued to give to its defensive ar- rangements the most formidable character . 105. The creek on the left was spanned by two booms of floating timber , to keep off sorties from boats ...
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... fire of Fort Sumter , at the discretion of the battery commander . Sixth . Battery Reynolds , Capt . A. E. Greene , Third Rhode Island Volunteer Artil- lery , commanding , comprising five 10 - inch siege mortars , against Fort Wagner ...
... fire of Fort Sumter , at the discretion of the battery commander . Sixth . Battery Reynolds , Capt . A. E. Greene , Third Rhode Island Volunteer Artil- lery , commanding , comprising five 10 - inch siege mortars , against Fort Wagner ...
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... fire , and drove the enemy from them by sheer weight of metal , before the works themselves had sustained any ... fire of the . fleet could have taken no part , was voluntarily relinquished when the system of defense by torpedo mines ...
... fire , and drove the enemy from them by sheer weight of metal , before the works themselves had sustained any ... fire of the . fleet could have taken no part , was voluntarily relinquished when the system of defense by torpedo mines ...
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... fire upon Wagner , headquarters were established on Morris Island . Fire was opened at noon . General Gillmore made his head- quarters at a signal tower built upon Gregg's Hill . Lieutenant Vidal was stationed at the right battery ...
... fire upon Wagner , headquarters were established on Morris Island . Fire was opened at noon . General Gillmore made his head- quarters at a signal tower built upon Gregg's Hill . Lieutenant Vidal was stationed at the right battery ...
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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