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, 1897 - 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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... McClellan , U.S. Army , left their camp , on the Middle Fork of Buckhannon River , on the morning of Wednesday , July 10 , 1861. After marching about six miles , I left my position near the commanding general and rode to the front ...
... McClellan , U.S. Army , left their camp , on the Middle Fork of Buckhannon River , on the morning of Wednesday , July 10 , 1861. After marching about six miles , I left my position near the commanding general and rode to the front ...
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... McClellan that I had succeeded in finding such a position as he desired , and had blazed a practicable road to it , and with 400 men I thought I could make the road before dark , it then being about 5 p . m . The working party was ...
... McClellan that I had succeeded in finding such a position as he desired , and had blazed a practicable road to it , and with 400 men I thought I could make the road before dark , it then being about 5 p . m . The working party was ...
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... McClellan . We found houses ( that is cantonments ) for rebel sol- diers . They must have had a very large force ... McClellan's headquarters almost all day . Ambulance train came up this morning in charge of Mr. Stokes ; also a forage ...
... McClellan . We found houses ( that is cantonments ) for rebel sol- diers . They must have had a very large force ... McClellan's headquarters almost all day . Ambulance train came up this morning in charge of Mr. Stokes ; also a forage ...
Page 66
... McClellan's command . The newspa- pers received this morning stated that General McClellan had taken Yorktown . Kearny's brigade started back at 5 p . m . on foot , Slocum's during the night on the cars ; Newton's on the way up was ...
... McClellan's command . The newspa- pers received this morning stated that General McClellan had taken Yorktown . Kearny's brigade started back at 5 p . m . on foot , Slocum's during the night on the cars ; Newton's on the way up was ...
Page 157
... McClellan and they all said at once that it was a scandal on the troops . I am , general , truly , yours , P. H. ... McClellan's report of the battle of Antietam , and particularly to that portion of it which refers to your division ...
... McClellan and they all said at once that it was a scandal on the troops . I am , general , truly , yours , P. H. ... McClellan's report of the battle of Antietam , and particularly to that portion of it which refers to your division ...
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advance Aide-de-Camp ammunition April ARMY CORPS ARMY OF VIRGINIA arrived artillery attack Baltimore battery bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Chief of Staff Colonel command of Major-General commanding general directs Company Court-House Creek DEPARTMENT dispatch duty enemy enemy's F. J. PORTER fire flank force Fort Monroe front guard guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY honor horses infantry June Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Major Major-General Major-General McClellan Manassas mand McClellan McDowell ment miles morning move night o'clock obedient servant officers Ohio Pennsylvania Reserve Pennsylvania Volunteers pickets Pleasonton Poolesville position POTOMAC quartermaster R. B. MARCY railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received Rectortown regiment relieved respectfully river road Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 17 Sharpsburg skirmishers SPECIAL ORDERS STANTON telegraph to-day to-morrow troops U. S. Army Virginia W. S. ROSECRANS wagons Warrenton Washington WILLIAMS woods wounded York Volunteers