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 34
... Struck before the fuse burned out . Well . 34 ° Did not burst . Burst 150 yards from gun . Burst 5 ' . Do. 120 Burst 12 " . Did not burst . Burst 12 " Burst 5 " . Burst 5 ' ; tumbled . Burst in gun . Do. This solidified Greek fire in ...
... Struck before the fuse burned out . Well . 34 ° Did not burst . Burst 150 yards from gun . Burst 5 ' . Do. 120 Burst 12 " . Did not burst . Burst 12 " Burst 5 " . Burst 5 ' ; tumbled . Burst in gun . Do. This solidified Greek fire in ...
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... struck with such vigor as to result in killing , wounding , and capturing the chief part of the enemy's force on the island , and in the consequent paralysis of the expedition until additional force could be procured , thus giving us ...
... struck with such vigor as to result in killing , wounding , and capturing the chief part of the enemy's force on the island , and in the consequent paralysis of the expedition until additional force could be procured , thus giving us ...
Page 78
... struck Fort Sumter , and some eight or ten 30 - pounder Parrott shots were fired at the fort from a distance of 3,500 yards . Five casualties occurred in Battery Wagner on this date and 1 in Fort Sumter . On the 21st , the enemy sent in ...
... struck Fort Sumter , and some eight or ten 30 - pounder Parrott shots were fired at the fort from a distance of 3,500 yards . Five casualties occurred in Battery Wagner on this date and 1 in Fort Sumter . On the 21st , the enemy sent in ...
Page 82
... 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 firing was ...
... 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 firing was ...
Page 83
... struck the fort . One shot passed over the fort at great elevation , and dropped a mile to the westward . At 5 p . m . the enemy opened again on the fort with the 8 - inch Parrotts . No great damage was done . farthest penetration into ...
... struck the fort . One shot passed over the fort at great elevation , and dropped a mile to the westward . At 5 p . m . the enemy opened again on the fort with the 8 - inch Parrotts . No great damage was done . farthest penetration into ...
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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