The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - Confederate States of America Series I: Contains the 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, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the "reports" proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order. Volume XIV. 1885. (Vol. 14, Chap. 26) Chapter XXVI - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida. Apr 12, 1862-Jun 11, 1863. |
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Page 575
... fire , rather than its distribution , is of importance ; hence the guns should be as much as possible so placed that their fire may converge on important points , and should not be too much scattered over the field . In a hilly or ...
... fire , rather than its distribution , is of importance ; hence the guns should be as much as possible so placed that their fire may converge on important points , and should not be too much scattered over the field . In a hilly or ...
Page 578
... fire : It is too much the tendency of artillery to fire at artillery . In the beginning of a battle the artillery should direct its fire wherever the enemy seems most exposed to danger . When the battle is further advanced , if our own ...
... fire : It is too much the tendency of artillery to fire at artillery . In the beginning of a battle the artillery should direct its fire wherever the enemy seems most exposed to danger . When the battle is further advanced , if our own ...
Page 579
... fire is sure to be effective . At all other times one round in four to six minutes is as rapid firing as should be permitted . The value of the rifled cannon consists princi- pally in its accuracy . Accuracy requires careful pointing ...
... fire is sure to be effective . At all other times one round in four to six minutes is as rapid firing as should be permitted . The value of the rifled cannon consists princi- pally in its accuracy . Accuracy requires careful pointing ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS Assistant Adjutant-General attack August 19 August 25 B. F. FISHER battery Brig Brigadier-General Capt Captain Chief of Staff Chief Signal Officer City Point Colonel Commanding Fifth Corps D. B. BIRNEY deserters dispatch EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS Eighteenth Corps enemy FIFTH ARMY CORPS Fifth Corps fire force Fort Powhatan front G. K. WARREN Gregg guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY honor to report infantry intrenchments Kautz last night Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-General GRANT Major-General and Chief Major-General Birney Major-General HANCOCK Major-General HUMPHREYS Major-General MEADE Major-General WARREN morning move NINTH ARMY Ninth Corps obedient servant p. m. Major-General p. m. Received Petersburg picket-line pickets plank road POTOMAC rear redoubt regiment relieved respectfully Richmond SECOND ARMY CORPS sent September 16 September 20 TENTH ARMY CORPS to-day U. S. GRANT VIRGINIA AND NORTH Volunteers wagons Weldon railroad WINF'D yesterday