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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... position with- out much opposition . Soon after getting into position he was vio- lently attacked , but repulsed the enemy with great slaughter . On the 25th , General Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac from the raid on which he ...
... position with- out much opposition . Soon after getting into position he was vio- lently attacked , but repulsed the enemy with great slaughter . On the 25th , General Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac from the raid on which he ...
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... position in front of Drewry's Bluff . He was forced back , or drew back , into his intrenchments between the forks of the James and Appomattox Rivers , the enemy intrenching strongly in his front , thus covering his railroads , the city ...
... position in front of Drewry's Bluff . He was forced back , or drew back , into his intrenchments between the forks of the James and Appomattox Rivers , the enemy intrenching strongly in his front , thus covering his railroads , the city ...
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... position to have covered the Shenan- doah Valley against the enemy , should the force he met have seemed to endanger it . If it did not , he would have been within easy dis- tance of the James River Canal , on the main line of ...
... position to have covered the Shenan- doah Valley against the enemy , should the force he met have seemed to endanger it . If it did not , he would have been within easy dis- tance of the James River Canal , on the main line of ...
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... position assigned him near Hatcher's Run on the morn- ing of the 29th . On the 28th , the following instructions were given to General Sheridan : Maj . Gen. P. H. SHERIDAN : CITY POINT , VA . , March 28 , 1865 . GENERAL : The Fifth Army ...
... position assigned him near Hatcher's Run on the morn- ing of the 29th . On the 28th , the following instructions were given to General Sheridan : Maj . Gen. P. H. SHERIDAN : CITY POINT , VA . , March 28 , 1865 . GENERAL : The Fifth Army ...
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... position . A party , ascertained since to amount to some 170 men , held the position and attempted to defend it . They were compelled to yield , with a loss of 2 dead and 4 wounded . No Federals injured . My regiment being placed in ...
... position . A party , ascertained since to amount to some 170 men , held the position and attempted to defend it . They were compelled to yield , with a loss of 2 dead and 4 wounded . No Federals injured . My regiment being placed in ...
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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