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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... o'clock we occupied three - fourths of the island , and our skirmishers were within musket - range of Fort Wagner . The heat being intense and the troops exhausted , offensive operations were suspended for the day . 69. Brigadier ...
... o'clock we occupied three - fourths of the island , and our skirmishers were within musket - range of Fort Wagner . The heat being intense and the troops exhausted , offensive operations were suspended for the day . 69. Brigadier ...
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... o'clock in the morning near the Beacon House . The batteries of field artillery will be held ready for action near the lookout . By order of Brig . Gen. Q. A. Gillmore : ED . W. SMITH , Assistant Adjutant - General . 143. About midnight ...
... o'clock in the morning near the Beacon House . The batteries of field artillery will be held ready for action near the lookout . By order of Brig . Gen. Q. A. Gillmore : ED . W. SMITH , Assistant Adjutant - General . 143. About midnight ...
Page 47
... o'clock that evening , I returned to headquarters on Morris Island , and opened communication from there with all other stations . Lieutenants Cross , Brodie , and Hawkins were relieved from duty with General Terry upon his arrival at ...
... o'clock that evening , I returned to headquarters on Morris Island , and opened communication from there with all other stations . Lieutenants Cross , Brodie , and Hawkins were relieved from duty with General Terry upon his arrival at ...
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... o'clock the line was opened and worked satisfac- torily . We were compelled to leave our wagons at the Beacon House , and proceeded the rest of the distance by land . This line worked with perfect success during the whole of our ...
... o'clock the line was opened and worked satisfac- torily . We were compelled to leave our wagons at the Beacon House , and proceeded the rest of the distance by land . This line worked with perfect success during the whole of our ...
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... o'clock was fixed as the earliest hour troops could begin to embark . One hour of time was assigned to the embarka- tion on five steamboats . These would reach landing at Cumming's Point at 10.30 p . m . , debarkation completed by 12 m ...
... o'clock was fixed as the earliest hour troops could begin to embark . One hour of time was assigned to the embarka- tion on five steamboats . These would reach landing at Cumming's Point at 10.30 p . m . , debarkation completed by 12 m ...
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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