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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... position and in readiness to repulse any attempt of the enemy . I now advanced the Fifth Ohio Cavalry and Third Regulars on the right , and a section of First Missouri Horse Ar- tillery took position abreast of Second Brigade on the ...
... position and in readiness to repulse any attempt of the enemy . I now advanced the Fifth Ohio Cavalry and Third Regulars on the right , and a section of First Missouri Horse Ar- tillery took position abreast of Second Brigade on the ...
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... position was from 800 to 1,000 yards . ( The cavalry engagement , reported on the inclosure marked A , was fought on the same ground . ) The enemy's position was on a pretty steep ridge and well masked by timber , while my troops ...
... position was from 800 to 1,000 yards . ( The cavalry engagement , reported on the inclosure marked A , was fought on the same ground . ) The enemy's position was on a pretty steep ridge and well masked by timber , while my troops ...
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... position , a strong line of pickets holding the ground we had gained . On the morning of the 27th of October , I received the general's order to delay my attack until a brigade of the Second Division , which was to cross the creek ...
... position , a strong line of pickets holding the ground we had gained . On the morning of the 27th of October , I received the general's order to delay my attack until a brigade of the Second Division , which was to cross the creek ...
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... position three- quarters of a mile to the right , and posting them in a piece of woods . Having completed these dispositions , and thrown skirmishers well to the front , I ordered the brigade to advance . The Second Brigade , with ...
... position three- quarters of a mile to the right , and posting them in a piece of woods . Having completed these dispositions , and thrown skirmishers well to the front , I ordered the brigade to advance . The Second Brigade , with ...
Page 98
... position of the skirmish of the day before , and another to the assistance of General Geary . I instantly communicated the order to General Steinwehr . At this time I joined General Hooker , who instructed me to fulfill the order just ...
... position of the skirmish of the day before , and another to the assistance of General Geary . I instantly communicated the order to General Steinwehr . At this time I joined General Hooker , who instructed me to fulfill the order just ...
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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