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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... garrison in that direction . Third . The cutting of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Jacksborough by ascending the South Edisto River , in order to delay re - enforcements from Savannah , should the real attack be tempora- rily ...
... garrison in that direction . Third . The cutting of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Jacksborough by ascending the South Edisto River , in order to delay re - enforcements from Savannah , should the real attack be tempora- rily ...
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... had to be suspended , a compact and most destructive musketry fire was instantly delivered from the parapet by the garrison , which , up to that moment , had remained safely ensconced in the CHAP . XL . ] 15 GENERAL REPORTS .
... had to be suspended , a compact and most destructive musketry fire was instantly delivered from the parapet by the garrison , which , up to that moment , had remained safely ensconced in the CHAP . XL . ] 15 GENERAL REPORTS .
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... garrison covered as it was by a secure bomb- proof and with facilities for keeping its supplies of men , ammuni- tion , and guns unimpaired , could never have been captured by a naval force , or by any other means than those adopted ...
... garrison covered as it was by a secure bomb- proof and with facilities for keeping its supplies of men , ammuni- tion , and guns unimpaired , could never have been captured by a naval force , or by any other means than those adopted ...
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... garrison of Battery Wagner and the troops under Colonel [ Robert F. ] Graham repelled the assault on that fortification , as it gives the assurance that he can rely upon the conduct and courage of both officers and men to check the ...
... garrison of Battery Wagner and the troops under Colonel [ Robert F. ] Graham repelled the assault on that fortification , as it gives the assurance that he can rely upon the conduct and courage of both officers and men to check the ...
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... garrison of no work in the harbor can be withdrawn or diminished , as they are all necessary links in the chain of de- fense . Reduce the command on James Island , and the enemy may readily pene- trate by such a coup de main as was ...
... garrison of no work in the harbor can be withdrawn or diminished , as they are all necessary links in the chain of de- fense . Reduce the command on James Island , and the enemy may readily pene- trate by such a coup de main as was ...
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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