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, 1891 - 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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... guard it from Port Hudson to New Orleans can be reduced to 10,000 men , if not to a less number . Six thousand more would then hold all the rest of the territory necessary to hold until active operations can again be resumed west of the ...
... guard it from Port Hudson to New Orleans can be reduced to 10,000 men , if not to a less number . Six thousand more would then hold all the rest of the territory necessary to hold until active operations can again be resumed west of the ...
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... guard . By such movement they interpose themselves between the enemy and the country to be guarded , thereby reducing the number necessary to guard important points , or at least occupy the attention of a part of the enemy's force , if ...
... guard . By such movement they interpose themselves between the enemy and the country to be guarded , thereby reducing the number necessary to guard important points , or at least occupy the attention of a part of the enemy's force , if ...
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... guard our trains . General Butler moved his main force up the James River , in pur- suance of instructions , on the 4th of May , General Gillmore having joined him with the Tenth Corps . At the same time he sent a force of 1,800 cavalry ...
... guard our trains . General Butler moved his main force up the James River , in pur- suance of instructions , on the 4th of May , General Gillmore having joined him with the Tenth Corps . At the same time he sent a force of 1,800 cavalry ...
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... Late on the * Subordinate reports of operations against Petersburg and Richmond from Au- gust 1 to December 31 , 1864 , will appear in Vol . XLII . 17th , his rear guard was overtaken near Adairsville , CHAP . XLVL ] 29 GENERAL REPORT .
... Late on the * Subordinate reports of operations against Petersburg and Richmond from Au- gust 1 to December 31 , 1864 , will appear in Vol . XLII . 17th , his rear guard was overtaken near Adairsville , CHAP . XLVL ] 29 GENERAL REPORT .
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... guard against invasion or to operate offensively , as might prove necessary . After the long march by General Sheridan's cavalry over winter roads , it was necessary to rest and refit at White House . At this time the greatest source of ...
... guard against invasion or to operate offensively , as might prove necessary . After the long march by General Sheridan's cavalry over winter roads , it was necessary to rest and refit at White House . At this time the greatest source of ...
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advance Alexandria April Arkansas arrived attack Banks Batesville Bayou Bluff Brig brigade Brigadier-General Camden camp Cane River Capt Captain captured cavalry Colonel column Comdg command Company Creek crossing detachment direction dispatch DISTRICT OF WEST division encamped enemy enemy's engagement expedition fall back Ferry field fight fire flank forage force Fort De Russy forward front Grand Ecore gun-boats guns HDQRS honor to report horses Illinois Infantry instant killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Little Rock loss Major-General mand March miles Missouri morning moved movement Natchitoches night Nineteenth Army Corps o'clock obedient servant officers ordered pickets pieces of artillery Pine Bluff Pleasant Hill position prisoners re-enforcements rear rebels received Red River regiment respectfully retreat road Sabine Cross-Roads Second Brigade sent Shreveport skirmishers Smith Taylor Third Brigade Thirteenth Army Thirteenth Army Corps train TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT troops U. S. Army Volunteers wagons WEST LOUISIANA woods wounded Yellow Bayou