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 67
... yesterday of enemy's outposts in his vicinity . Hagood reports 2,500 infantry on Seabrook's Island , forti- fying ; five monitors still there . Enemy in force on Folly Island , actively erecting batteries yesterday . Season favorable ...
... yesterday of enemy's outposts in his vicinity . Hagood reports 2,500 infantry on Seabrook's Island , forti- fying ; five monitors still there . Enemy in force on Folly Island , actively erecting batteries yesterday . Season favorable ...
Page 82
... yesterday . Evans ' brigade is arriving in Savannah , and Colquitt's regiments arriving here . About 7 o'clock on the morning of the 11th , the fleet and land bat- teries opened heavily on Battery Wagner , and were replied to by Fort ...
... yesterday . Evans ' brigade is arriving in Savannah , and Colquitt's regiments arriving here . About 7 o'clock on the morning of the 11th , the fleet and land bat- teries opened heavily on Battery Wagner , and were replied to by Fort ...
Page 83
... yesterday . Sand - bag revetment of gorge wall of Sumter and traverses inside of fort progressing as rapidly as means of transpor- tation will permit . On the 16th , the enemy's batteries fired but little on Batteries Wagner and Gregg ...
... yesterday . Sand - bag revetment of gorge wall of Sumter and traverses inside of fort progressing as rapidly as means of transpor- tation will permit . On the 16th , the enemy's batteries fired but little on Batteries Wagner and Gregg ...
Page 84
... yesterday ; another shot penetrated above sand filling of second - story rooms , making three since the attack began ; east barbette battery parapet much loosened and undermined , though not displaced ; one 10 - inch and one 11 - inch ...
... yesterday ; another shot penetrated above sand filling of second - story rooms , making three since the attack began ; east barbette battery parapet much loosened and undermined , though not displaced ; one 10 - inch and one 11 - inch ...
Page 117
... yesterday as missing from Hilton Head has joined the fleet here , making six monitors now inside the bar . 6 p . m . In the past twelve hours , 107 shots have been fired by our batteries and 395 by the enemy . 6.30 . General Gillmore ...
... yesterday as missing from Hilton Head has joined the fleet here , making six monitors now inside the bar . 6 p . m . In the past twelve hours , 107 shots have been fired by our batteries and 395 by the enemy . 6.30 . General Gillmore ...
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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