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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... position of the rebels encamped on Rich Mountain , and attack them in rear . After a very tedious march , following a path which led us through thickets so dense and woods so filled with undergrowth that it was impossible to see fifty ...
... position of the rebels encamped on Rich Mountain , and attack them in rear . After a very tedious march , following a path which led us through thickets so dense and woods so filled with undergrowth that it was impossible to see fifty ...
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... 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 , composed of Company A ...
... 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 , composed of Company A ...
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... position near the commanding general and rode to the front , taking my position in the advanced 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 ...
... position near the commanding general and rode to the front , taking my position in the advanced 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 ...
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... position was naturally a strong one . There appeared to be no other road leading to it but the turnpike , which it completely commanded . I , however , noticed a low ridge bordering a small brook which crossed the road a short distance ...
... position was naturally a strong one . There appeared to be no other road leading to it but the turnpike , which it completely commanded . I , however , noticed a low ridge bordering a small brook which crossed the road a short distance ...
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... 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 detailed from the Fourth Regiment , the men who had ...
... 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 detailed from the Fourth Regiment , the men who had ...
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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