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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... ordered the other corps to advance and feel the enemy in their respective fronts . Pushing forward , they capt- ured and held the enemy's strongly intrenched picket - line in front of the Second and Sixth Corps , and 834 prisoners . The ...
... ordered the other corps to advance and feel the enemy in their respective fronts . Pushing forward , they capt- ured and held the enemy's strongly intrenched picket - line in front of the Second and Sixth Corps , and 834 prisoners . The ...
Page 130
... ordered the men to load , which they did with great coolness , and with one more well - aimed volley the rebel ranks were broken , and their men , panic - stricken , ran away in great confusion . I ordered my men to load and fire by ...
... ordered the men to load , which they did with great coolness , and with one more well - aimed volley the rebel ranks were broken , and their men , panic - stricken , ran away in great confusion . I ordered my men to load and fire by ...
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... ordered a detail from the Nineteenth Army Corps to help lay the bridge , as my own men were nearly worn out with the fatigue of marching . At 1 p . m . the bridge was ready to cross the trains . In laying the bridge we used nine bateaus ...
... ordered a detail from the Nineteenth Army Corps to help lay the bridge , as my own men were nearly worn out with the fatigue of marching . At 1 p . m . the bridge was ready to cross the trains . In laying the bridge we used nine bateaus ...
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... ordered by Major - General Banks to have the pontoon bridge laid across Red River . There was not bridge enough to reach across the river , so I obtained a flat - boat , and , by cutting down the ends to a level with the pontoons and ...
... ordered by Major - General Banks to have the pontoon bridge laid across Red River . There was not bridge enough to reach across the river , so I obtained a flat - boat , and , by cutting down the ends to a level with the pontoons and ...
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... ordered to proceed at the double - quick to the field , a distance of 3 miles . The field was soon reached , and we went into position in a plowed field on the left of the road . We remained there but a few moments , when we were ordered ...
... ordered to proceed at the double - quick to the field , a distance of 3 miles . The field was soon reached , and we went into position in a plowed field on the left of the road . We remained there but a few moments , when we were ordered ...
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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