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, 1882 - 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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... immediately ordered in the two companies of the Seventh Infantry from San Tomas , and kept the garrison under arms until after daylight , when mounted parties were sent out to reconnoiter . In the mean time the enemy passed up the ...
... immediately ordered in the two companies of the Seventh Infantry from San Tomas , and kept the garrison under arms until after daylight , when mounted parties were sent out to reconnoiter . In the mean time the enemy passed up the ...
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... immediately , as I am anxious to be again in active . service . I am unable to express to you the deep grief , mortification , and paint I , with the other officers , have endured from this cowardly surrender of a brave and true command ...
... immediately , as I am anxious to be again in active . service . I am unable to express to you the deep grief , mortification , and paint I , with the other officers , have endured from this cowardly surrender of a brave and true command ...
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... immediately burned all their transportation and supplies , and fled in great disorder and haste , saving nothing but their arms and animals . By express from Fort Stanton I learn that upon the receipt of the news that Major Lynde had ...
... immediately burned all their transportation and supplies , and fled in great disorder and haste , saving nothing but their arms and animals . By express from Fort Stanton I learn that upon the receipt of the news that Major Lynde had ...
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... immediately saddled up their horses , and while in the act of doing so they were assailed by a shower of arrows , and found them- selves totally surrounded by an overwhelming force , who poured in an incessant fire . Each man took up ...
... immediately saddled up their horses , and while in the act of doing so they were assailed by a shower of arrows , and found them- selves totally surrounded by an overwhelming force , who poured in an incessant fire . Each man took up ...
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... immediately ordered 6 men , already in the saddle , to scout in the direction of Laguna , in company with a Mexican well acquainted with the topography of the country , to start and bring more positive information . They returned and ...
... immediately ordered 6 men , already in the saddle , to scout in the direction of Laguna , in company with a Mexican well acquainted with the topography of the country , to start and bring more positive information . They returned and ...
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