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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... honor to acknowledge the reception of your dispatch . Have ordered the wagons , artillery , & c . , back as directed . I have been skirmishing with the enemy's advance this morning . They have advanced their infantry , about 3,000 ...
... honor to acknowledge the reception of your dispatch . Have ordered the wagons , artillery , & c . , back as directed . I have been skirmishing with the enemy's advance this morning . They have advanced their infantry , about 3,000 ...
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... honor to report that at 3 a . m . of the 26th instant , I left camp at this place with my brigade , having the ad- vance of the division , and proceeded in the direction of Tuscumbia , Ala . The brigade is composed of the Twelfth ...
... honor to report that at 3 a . m . of the 26th instant , I left camp at this place with my brigade , having the ad- vance of the division , and proceeded in the direction of Tuscumbia , Ala . The brigade is composed of the Twelfth ...
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... honor to transmit you the following report of the part taken by my regiment in the engagement of yesterday : We formed in line of battle at the earliest intimation of the pres- ence of the enemy , and , by order of General Osterhaus ...
... honor to transmit you the following report of the part taken by my regiment in the engagement of yesterday : We formed in line of battle at the earliest intimation of the pres- ence of the enemy , and , by order of General Osterhaus ...
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... honor to report that up to the 19th instant General Wheeler declined to cross the Tennessee River with me , not deeming his command in condition to do so and feeling it incumbent on him to await instruc- tions from General Bragg . On ...
... honor to report that up to the 19th instant General Wheeler declined to cross the Tennessee River with me , not deeming his command in condition to do so and feeling it incumbent on him to await instruc- tions from General Bragg . On ...
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... honor to report that the enemy were held in check at Bear Creek , 3 miles west of Tuscumbia , till 9 a . m . yesterday morn- ing , when my position was flanked , and I was compelled to withdraw . The enemy displayed about 6,000 infantry ...
... honor to report that the enemy were held in check at Bear Creek , 3 miles west of Tuscumbia , till 9 a . m . yesterday morn- ing , when my position was flanked , and I was compelled to withdraw . The enemy displayed about 6,000 infantry ...
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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