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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... movements east of the Mississippi ; that should his expedition prove successful , he would hold Shreveport and the ... movement two plans presented themselves : One to cross the Rapidan below Lee , moving by his right flank ; the other ...
... movements east of the Mississippi ; that should his expedition prove successful , he would hold Shreveport and the ... movement two plans presented themselves : One to cross the Rapidan below Lee , moving by his right flank ; the other ...
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... movement they would either compel the enemy to detach largely for the protection of his supplies and lines of com- munication or he would lose them . General Sigel was therefore directed to organize all his available force into two ...
... movement they would either compel the enemy to detach largely for the protection of his supplies and lines of com- munication or he would lose them . General Sigel was therefore directed to organize all his available force into two ...
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... movement from the north of James River . I may here state that , commanding all the armies as I did , I tried , as far as possible , to leave General Meade in independent command of the Army of the Potomac . My instructions for that ...
... movement from the north of James River . I may here state that , commanding all the armies as I did , I tried , as far as possible , to leave General Meade in independent command of the Army of the Potomac . My instructions for that ...
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... movement by his right flank . On the night of the 7th the march was com- menced toward Spotsylvania Court - House , the Fifth Corps moving on the most direct road . But the enemy having become apprised of our movement , and having the ...
... movement by his right flank . On the night of the 7th the march was com- menced toward Spotsylvania Court - House , the Fifth Corps moving on the most direct road . But the enemy having become apprised of our movement , and having the ...
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... movement in the Kanawha and Shenandoah Valleys , under General Sigel , commenced on the 1st of May . General Crook , who had the immediate command of the Kanawha expedition , divided his forces into two columns , giving one , composed ...
... movement in the Kanawha and Shenandoah Valleys , under General Sigel , commenced on the 1st of May . General Crook , who had the immediate command of the Kanawha expedition , divided his forces into two columns , giving one , composed ...
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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