The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesSeries 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 227
... retreat from the battery after once driving the enemy from it that no one of the five brass pieces stationed in this part of their works was ever fired by them after our charge . Among the incidents of the day perhaps the following may ...
... retreat from the battery after once driving the enemy from it that no one of the five brass pieces stationed in this part of their works was ever fired by them after our charge . Among the incidents of the day perhaps the following may ...
Page 254
... retreat , which was continued until some one in the rear gave the order to " Gallop , march . " The men then became somewhat excited . I sent back to ascertain who gave the order , but could not find out who gave it , but immediately ...
... retreat , which was continued until some one in the rear gave the order to " Gallop , march . " The men then became somewhat excited . I sent back to ascertain who gave the order , but could not find out who gave it , but immediately ...
Page 504
... retreat without orders . Capt . Rafael Chacon , First Regiment New Mexico Volunteers , reports that his company did fight well and with valor during the battle , and that when the company was ordered to retreat they were satisfied of ...
... retreat without orders . Capt . Rafael Chacon , First Regiment New Mexico Volunteers , reports that his company did fight well and with valor during the battle , and that when the company was ordered to retreat they were satisfied of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Operations in North Carolina January 11August 20 1862 72480 | 72 |
CHAPTER XXI | 481 |
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advance AMBROSE E ammunition arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery battle Beaufort Berne boats breastwork bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Capt Captain cavalry charge Colonel Shaw companies Creek Croatan Sound defense DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK Department of North dispatch duty Elizabeth City enemy enemy's February fire flank fleet force Fort Monroe Fort Thompson Foster Fourth Rhode Island Goldsborough guard gunboats guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT howitzers Huger immediately Infantry instant J. P. BENJAMIN James River killed Kinston landing Legion Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General March March 14 Massachusetts Merrimac miles morning Nag's Head Navy night Ninth New York Norfolk North Carolina o'clock obedient servant officers ordered pickets position railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received regiment Reno respectfully retreat returned Rhode Island Richmond road Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shot soon steamer transportation troops Twenty-first Massachusetts U. S. Army vessels Virginia Volunteers Wise wounded Yorktown