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 82
... missed , 3 struck outside , and 4 within the fort . Again , at 5.30 p . m . , the enemy opened on Fort Sumter from the same battery , firing at intervals of ten minutes till dark . Eleven 8 - inch rifled shot struck the fort . Heavy ...
... missed , 3 struck outside , and 4 within the fort . Again , at 5.30 p . m . , the enemy opened on Fort Sumter from the same battery , firing at intervals of ten minutes till dark . Eleven 8 - inch rifled shot struck the fort . Heavy ...
Page 84
... missed . These projectiles varied in weight from 30 pounds to 300 pounds , and were fired from Parrott and 15 - inch smooth - bore guns . An average of 150 pounds per shot would give a weight of nearly 385 tons dis- charged against the ...
... missed . These projectiles varied in weight from 30 pounds to 300 pounds , and were fired from Parrott and 15 - inch smooth - bore guns . An average of 150 pounds per shot would give a weight of nearly 385 tons dis- charged against the ...
Page 101
... missed to their posts , and at 3 p . m . the conference was adjourned to meet again at 8 p . m . At 8 p . m . the conference was resumed . Present : General G. T. Beauregard , Maj . Gen. J. F. Gilmer , CHAP . XL . 101 GENERAL REPORTS .
... missed to their posts , and at 3 p . m . the conference was adjourned to meet again at 8 p . m . At 8 p . m . the conference was resumed . Present : General G. T. Beauregard , Maj . Gen. J. F. Gilmer , CHAP . XL . 101 GENERAL REPORTS .
Page 117
... missed . At 11.40 p . m . the Ironsides and six monitors attacked the fort , and after firing 185 shots retired at 5 a . m . One 8 - inch gun was thrown over parapet and shipped off ; also a lot of ordnance stores , & c . Three privates ...
... missed . At 11.40 p . m . the Ironsides and six monitors attacked the fort , and after firing 185 shots retired at 5 a . m . One 8 - inch gun was thrown over parapet and shipped off ; also a lot of ordnance stores , & c . Three privates ...
Page 118
United States. War Department. 12 struck inside , 9 outside , and 17 missed . About 11,000 pounds of powder and other ordnance stores were shipped from the fort . One shot penetrated the scarp wall , opening daylight into the magazine in ...
United States. War Department. 12 struck inside , 9 outside , and 17 missed . About 11,000 pounds of powder and other ordnance stores were shipped from the fort . One shot penetrated the scarp wall , opening daylight into the magazine 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