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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... morning but postponed in con- sequence of the inclemency of the weather and other unfavoral le circumstances , will take place to - morrow morning at break of day by opening our batteries at the north end of Folly Island . General ...
... morning but postponed in con- sequence of the inclemency of the weather and other unfavoral le circumstances , will take place to - morrow morning at break of day by opening our batteries at the north end of Folly Island . General ...
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... morning the head of the column had reached Light - House Inlet , where it was halted . The boats kept close to the east side of the creek , and were screened by the marsh grass from the enemy on Morris Island . 68. Our batteries opened ...
... morning the head of the column had reached Light - House Inlet , where it was halted . The boats kept close to the east side of the creek , and were screened by the marsh grass from the enemy on Morris Island . 68. Our batteries opened ...
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... morning , was issued late in the evening : 142 . SPECIAL ORDERS , HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , In the Field , Morris Island , September 6 , 1863 . * I. Fort Wagner will be assaulted at 9 a . m . to - morrow , the 7th instant ...
... morning , was issued late in the evening : 142 . SPECIAL ORDERS , HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , In the Field , Morris Island , September 6 , 1863 . * I. Fort Wagner will be assaulted at 9 a . m . to - morrow , the 7th instant ...
Page 71
... morning I gave directions for him to open fire in case he observed any in- dications for work on Little Folly on the part of the enemy , and this afternoon about 5 o'clock , seeing parties apparently at work , he commenced shelling ...
... morning I gave directions for him to open fire in case he observed any in- dications for work on Little Folly on the part of the enemy , and this afternoon about 5 o'clock , seeing parties apparently at work , he commenced shelling ...
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... morning of July 10. The long - protracted defense of Battery Wagner must not be compared with the evacua- tion of the south end of Morris Island by way of throwing discredit on the latter movement . The two defenses are not analogous ...
... morning of July 10. The long - protracted defense of Battery Wagner must not be compared with the evacua- tion of the south end of Morris Island by way of throwing discredit on the latter movement . The two defenses are not analogous ...
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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