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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... hill which commanded the val- ley between us I posted my brigade on the right of the road upon a hill . About the time the first two regiments were posted the enemy's cavalry made a charge across the open field on my right , with the ...
... hill which commanded the val- ley between us I posted my brigade on the right of the road upon a hill . About the time the first two regiments were posted the enemy's cavalry made a charge across the open field on my right , with the ...
Page 85
... hill . They made a stubborn fight all along the hill , but were easily driven away with loss . General Tur- chin's command now came over , and taking position on the hills to the right , my troops were all brought to the left of the ...
... hill . They made a stubborn fight all along the hill , but were easily driven away with loss . General Tur- chin's command now came over , and taking position on the hills to the right , my troops were all brought to the left of the ...
Page 87
... hill as possible , with my resting on the road , and a little below . In as little time as it takes to write it , they were upon us , they adopting their usual plan of cheering and firing at the same time . We readily returned their ...
... hill as possible , with my resting on the road , and a little below . In as little time as it takes to write it , they were upon us , they adopting their usual plan of cheering and firing at the same time . We readily returned their ...
Page 93
... hills 200 or 300 feet high , with precipitous timbered slopes and narrow crests , which penetrate 3 miles up the valley ... hill next the railroad as it passes through the central ridge before described . As it was densely covered with ...
... hills 200 or 300 feet high , with precipitous timbered slopes and narrow crests , which penetrate 3 miles up the valley ... hill next the railroad as it passes through the central ridge before described . As it was densely covered with ...
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... hills , and take the one on the south of the pass , while the Second Brigade of the Second Division was directed to take by assault the hill north of the road . These orders were at once executed , the enemy making but little resistance ...
... hills , and take the one on the south of the pass , while the Second Brigade of the Second Division was directed to take by assault the hill north of the road . These orders were at once executed , the enemy making but little resistance ...
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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