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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... Operations in Charleston Harbor , Sept. 1 - Dec . 31 , 1863 . No. 1 . Extract from annual report of Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , Gen- eral - in - Chief , U. S. Army . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. , November 15 , 1863 ...
... Operations in Charleston Harbor , Sept. 1 - Dec . 31 , 1863 . No. 1 . Extract from annual report of Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , Gen- eral - in - Chief , U. S. Army . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. , November 15 , 1863 ...
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... operations comprise , principally- 21. First . The descent upon and capture of the enemy's fortified positions on ... operation by the small land force available for the purpose were requested . 26. I had entertained the opinion , which ...
... operations comprise , principally- 21. First . The descent upon and capture of the enemy's fortified positions on ... operation by the small land force available for the purpose were requested . 26. I had entertained the opinion , which ...
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... operations , could not , unless largely re - en- forced , take the lead in any operations against the interior defenses of Charleston that would involve their leaving their hold upon the narrow sea islands , where on the one hand they ...
... operations , could not , unless largely re - en- forced , take the lead in any operations against the interior defenses of Charleston that would involve their leaving their hold upon the narrow sea islands , where on the one hand they ...
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... operations within the depart- ment , leaving the depot at Hilton Head perfectly secure and the other important points reasonably so , comprised the forces enumer- ated below , viz : Effective volunteer infantry . Volunteer artillerists ...
... operations within the depart- ment , leaving the depot at Hilton Head perfectly secure and the other important points reasonably so , comprised the forces enumer- ated below , viz : Effective volunteer infantry . Volunteer artillerists ...
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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