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, 1898 - 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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... fire . The scouts who were in advance say they heard no challenge . They are both wounded , and from the position of their wounds would seem to have had their backs to the fire . [ 6. ] I am , captain , very respectfully , your most ...
... fire . The scouts who were in advance say they heard no challenge . They are both wounded , and from the position of their wounds would seem to have had their backs to the fire . [ 6. ] I am , captain , very respectfully , your most ...
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... fire was opened against it at about fifty paces distance , by , at the least estimation , about sixty men ; that the men laid them- selves flat on the bottom of the boat and waved their caps as sign of surrender . The relief boat then ...
... fire was opened against it at about fifty paces distance , by , at the least estimation , about sixty men ; that the men laid them- selves flat on the bottom of the boat and waved their caps as sign of surrender . The relief boat then ...
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... fire . I immediately counseled the men that I saw near me to get ashore , if possible , and after seeing all the men that were able to walk strike out for the shore I started myself to send the boat , which had been preserved and had ...
... fire . I immediately counseled the men that I saw near me to get ashore , if possible , and after seeing all the men that were able to walk strike out for the shore I started myself to send the boat , which had been preserved and had ...
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... fire of shot and shell from the enemy . The officers and men lost all their clothing except what they stood in , and several in the fatigue of the passage through the swamp were compelled to throw some of that away , as the mud was very ...
... fire of shot and shell from the enemy . The officers and men lost all their clothing except what they stood in , and several in the fatigue of the passage through the swamp were compelled to throw some of that away , as the mud was very ...
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... fire . When about the fifth parallel our col- umns were very much disturbed by stragglers from Strong's brigade and the breaking of the One hundredth New York . It was here that we met the Third New Hampshire and Ninth Maine moving back ...
... fire . When about the fifth parallel our col- umns were very much disturbed by stragglers from Strong's brigade and the breaking of the One hundredth New York . It was here that we met the Third New Hampshire and Ninth Maine moving back ...
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ADJT Adjutant and Inspector April Arkansas arms artillery Assistant Adjutant-General August authority battalion battery Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Charleston citizens Colonel command of Major-General companies Confederate Corps D. H. HILL defense DEPARTMENT directed dispatch District Division duty enemy enemy's February fire Florida force Fort Saint Philip G. T. BEAUREGARD Georgia Government Governor guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS hereby Hilton Head honor immediately infantry instant Island JEFFERSON DAVIS L. P. WALKER letter Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Louisiana Major Major-General March ment miles military militia Milledgeville Mississippi MISSOURI STATE GUARD Morris Island obedient servant officers ordnance organized Orleans Port Hudson position President quartermaster railroad re-enforcements received regiment respectfully Richmond rifles River road Saint Louis Savannah Secretary Secretary of War sent South Carolina SPECIAL ORDERS steamer supplies Tallahassee Texas tion troops Twiggs U. S. Army Volunteers wounded