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, 1892 - 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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... Meridian , and , under the able direction of Brig . Gen. A. J. Smith , rolled back the tide of disastrous battle on the Red River . It is with proper pride that I claim Smith and Mower and their commands as parts of this corps ,, nor do ...
... Meridian , and , under the able direction of Brig . Gen. A. J. Smith , rolled back the tide of disastrous battle on the Red River . It is with proper pride that I claim Smith and Mower and their commands as parts of this corps ,, nor do ...
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... Meridian , and then cross the country and destroy the Mississippi Central between Camden and Grenada , and strike the Yazoo City . If I make this raid you will be timely advised , but if not I shall send back your cavalry by boat . I am ...
... Meridian , and then cross the country and destroy the Mississippi Central between Camden and Grenada , and strike the Yazoo City . If I make this raid you will be timely advised , but if not I shall send back your cavalry by boat . I am ...
Page 74
... Meridian , destroying the road as they go . Forrest left Corinth and Tupelo nine days ago for North Alabama with 5,000 men . He left about 2,500 men at Corinth and 3,000 conscripts at Tupelo . He intends to operate on General Sherman's ...
... Meridian , destroying the road as they go . Forrest left Corinth and Tupelo nine days ago for North Alabama with 5,000 men . He left about 2,500 men at Corinth and 3,000 conscripts at Tupelo . He intends to operate on General Sherman's ...
Page 149
... Meridian ; also to break up the Mississippi Central . I have asked General Slocum to direct the troops , and send down and add to the force as much as pos- sible . While these moves are being made Mobile may be taken easily . I have ...
... Meridian ; also to break up the Mississippi Central . I have asked General Slocum to direct the troops , and send down and add to the force as much as pos- sible . While these moves are being made Mobile may be taken easily . I have ...
Page 151
... Meridian through to that point . This should not be permitted . Watch the matter closely , and if the bridge is likely to be rebuilt , send out an expedition and destroy it . The enemy will of course try to occupy Jackson , the capital ...
... Meridian through to that point . This should not be permitted . Watch the matter closely , and if the bridge is likely to be rebuilt , send out an expedition and destroy it . The enemy will of course try to occupy Jackson , the capital ...
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A. J. Smith Alabama Atlanta August August 20 BATES DICKSON Battalion Battery Brig Brigadier-General C. C. WASHBURN camp Canby Capt Captain and Assistant Cavalry Chattanooga Colonel Columbus command companies Confederate Cumberland Demopolis Department direction dispatch duty E. R. S. CANBY East Tennessee enemy force Fort Morgan H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEINTZELMAN horses Illinois Troops Indiana Troops indorsement Infantry James John July June Kentucky Kentucky Troops LEXINGTON Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Louisiana Louisville Major-General Major-General SHERMAN Memphis Meridian MILITARY DIVISION Miss Mississippi Troops Missouri Mobile morning mounted move N. B. FORREST Nashville obedient servant officers Ohio Troops organization railroad rebels received respectfully Richmond River road S. D. LEE S. G. BURBRIDGE scouts Second Brigade sent September September 28 Sixteenth Army Sixteenth Army Corps SPECIAL ORDERS telegraph Tenn Tennessee Troops Thomas to-day to-morrow Tupelo U. S. Colored Troops Vicksburg W. T. SHERMAN West William