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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... guard , under the command of Lieutenant Galbraith , of Company E , was fired upon by the rebels on the opposite side of the river at this point , in consequence of the attempt on the part of two of the picket guard to prevent the ...
... guard , under the command of Lieutenant Galbraith , of Company E , was fired upon by the rebels on the opposite side of the river at this point , in consequence of the attempt on the part of two of the picket guard to prevent the ...
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... guard of the rebels . Driving them in , we continued our march down the side of the mountain into a valley which opened on the road . Between our forces and the road the ground was covered with a dense thicket of underbrush , from which ...
... guard of the rebels . Driving them in , we continued our march down the side of the mountain into a valley which opened on the road . Between our forces and the road the ground was covered with a dense thicket of underbrush , from which ...
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... guard the flank of our position , while five companies under my own command moved forward toward the position of the rebels . Driving the enemy before us as we advanced , my command was again divided . One portion under my lead ...
... guard the flank of our position , while five companies under my own command moved forward toward the position of the rebels . Driving the enemy before us as we advanced , my command was again divided . One portion under my lead ...
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... guard . As we debouched from the woods about half a mile west of the Roaring Run bridge we saw , a few hundred yards in front of us , a cavalry vedette , which exchanged shots with us and then fled , pursued by a detachment of our ...
... guard . As we debouched from the woods about half a mile west of the Roaring Run bridge we saw , a few hundred yards in front of us , a cavalry vedette , which exchanged shots with us and then fled , pursued by a detachment of our ...
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... guard were all wounded but the color - bearer , one mor- tally . The company flag of Company I was pierced with five balls and one on the spear head . Please attach this to my report . Very respectfully , W. A. GORMAN , Colonel First ...
... guard were all wounded but the color - bearer , one mor- tally . The company flag of Company I was pierced with five balls and one on the spear head . Please attach this to my report . Very respectfully , W. A. GORMAN , Colonel First ...
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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