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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... enemy . Subsequently , Colonel M [ orrison ] notified me that he could not be at the appointed place before 2 p . m . Meantime , I advanced my forces , drove in the enemy's pickets , kept up a skirmish at a respectable distance ...
... enemy . Subsequently , Colonel M [ orrison ] notified me that he could not be at the appointed place before 2 p . m . Meantime , I advanced my forces , drove in the enemy's pickets , kept up a skirmish at a respectable distance ...
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... enemy's rear ; and reaching Pond Creek , a point to the left of and opposite Philadelphia , I intercepted and captured a forage train and 40 prisoners . From this point I sent a party on each of the roads leading into town , with ...
... enemy's rear ; and reaching Pond Creek , a point to the left of and opposite Philadelphia , I intercepted and captured a forage train and 40 prisoners . From this point I sent a party on each of the roads leading into town , with ...
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... enemy's rear ; and reaching Pond Creek , a point to the left of and opposite Philadelphia , I intercepted and captured a forage train and 40 prisoners . From this point I sent a party on each of the roads leading into town , with ...
... enemy's rear ; and reaching Pond Creek , a point to the left of and opposite Philadelphia , I intercepted and captured a forage train and 40 prisoners . From this point I sent a party on each of the roads leading into town , with ...
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... enemy's forces then in my front toward and into Tuscumbia , without , however , going beyond that place . Before entering on the narrative , however , I beg leave to refer the general to my reports on previous engagements with the enemy ...
... enemy's forces then in my front toward and into Tuscumbia , without , however , going beyond that place . Before entering on the narrative , however , I beg leave to refer the general to my reports on previous engagements with the enemy ...
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... enemy's artillery to a cross fire . The skirmishers on the right ( Third and Twelfth Missouri ) advanced gallantly over the undulations of the ground , and the Fifth Ohio Cavalry pressed the rebels back into the timber , bringing them ...
... enemy's artillery to a cross fire . The skirmishers on the right ( Third and Twelfth Missouri ) advanced gallantly over the undulations of the ground , and the Fifth Ohio Cavalry pressed the rebels back into the timber , bringing them ...
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advance Answer Army Corps arrived artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery Bean's Station boats bridge Bridgeport Brig Brigadier-General Brown's Ferry Burnside camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Chattanooga Collierville Colonel Hecker column command companies Cross-Roads crossed Cumberland December direction dispatch East Tennessee Eastport enemy enemy's engaged fire flank force forward front Geary guns halted HDQRS HEADQUARTERS hill Holston honor Hooker horses Illinois Indiana JAMES LONGSTREET JOSEPH HOOKER Kentucky killed Knoxville Lenoir's Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Longstreet Loudon Major-General manding Michigan miles morning Morristown Mossy Creek Mountain move night November obedient servant occupied October 27 officers Ohio ordered pickets position prisoners railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully road Rogersville Schurz scouts Second Brigade Second Division sent Shellmound Sherman SIXTEENTH ARMY skirmishers south side Strawberry Plains Tenn Third Brigade troops Tuscumbia Twelfth Corps U. S. Army Volunteer Infantry wagons Wauhatchie wounded