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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Page 74
... persons to visit the forts , except those in Gov- ernment employ , without a pass from the commanding officer . Repress all disunion movements in Key West , arresting any citizens whose pres- ence is manifestly dangerous to the ...
... persons to visit the forts , except those in Gov- ernment employ , without a pass from the commanding officer . Repress all disunion movements in Key West , arresting any citizens whose pres- ence is manifestly dangerous to the ...
Page 105
... persons , no matter whom- most probably women and children quietly sleeping in their accustomed beds . A few weeks since , between 1 and 2 o'clock at night , one of your shells passed within a foot of the bed occupied by a man and his ...
... persons , no matter whom- most probably women and children quietly sleeping in their accustomed beds . A few weeks since , between 1 and 2 o'clock at night , one of your shells passed within a foot of the bed occupied by a man and his ...
Page 106
... persons killed have been women and children . You know per- fectly well that a fire such as I have described could not have had for its object the destruction of certain specified fixed military and naval works . But there are other ...
... persons killed have been women and children . You know per- fectly well that a fire such as I have described could not have had for its object the destruction of certain specified fixed military and naval works . But there are other ...
Page 114
... persons ; to be abandoned only by orders from me , or under compulsion by an overpowering hostile force . Immediately upon occupying the fort you will take measures to put it in a thorough state of defense as far as its means and ours ...
... persons ; to be abandoned only by orders from me , or under compulsion by an overpowering hostile force . Immediately upon occupying the fort you will take measures to put it in a thorough state of defense as far as its means and ours ...
Page 116
... person or persons unknown to me , has , under the order given by me to Colonel Lawton , now in command of Fort Pulaski , to protect Government property against injury , been recaptured , and is now aground near Fort Pulaski . You will ...
... person or persons unknown to me , has , under the order given by me to Colonel Lawton , now in command of Fort Pulaski , to protect Government property against injury , been recaptured , and is now aground near Fort Pulaski . You will ...
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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