The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesSeries I: Contains the 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, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the "reports" proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order. Volume XIV. 1885. (Vol. 14, Chap. 26) Chapter XXVI - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida. Apr 12, 1862-Jun 11, 1863. |
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Page 154
... skirmish line being frequently attacked , and my whole command kept on the qui vive through the night . At daylight , in fact before it was light , I went to the left and found the skirmish line drawn back almost to the line of battle ...
... skirmish line being frequently attacked , and my whole command kept on the qui vive through the night . At daylight , in fact before it was light , I went to the left and found the skirmish line drawn back almost to the line of battle ...
Page 432
... skirmish line , deploying five companies , holding the balance in reserve . 11 a . m . , August 6 , after about 15 minutes ' profound silence , the enemy attempted to advance their line in front of the right of my line . Companies A and ...
... skirmish line , deploying five companies , holding the balance in reserve . 11 a . m . , August 6 , after about 15 minutes ' profound silence , the enemy attempted to advance their line in front of the right of my line . Companies A and ...
Page 520
... line of battle one mile ; darkness coming on we halted and fortified our posi- tion . July 28 , moved to the front ... skirmish line . August 3 , relieved from skirmish line and occupied our old camp . August 4 to 7 , remained in camp ...
... line of battle one mile ; darkness coming on we halted and fortified our posi- tion . July 28 , moved to the front ... skirmish line . August 3 , relieved from skirmish line and occupied our old camp . August 4 to 7 , remained in camp ...
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Acworth Alabama Army of Tennessee arrived artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta attack August Battalion battery breast-works Brig Brigadier-General C. S. Army camp Capt Captain captured casualties cavalry charge Chattahoochee Chattahoochee River Colonel command Company crossed Decatur driving enemy engaged enlisted evacuated fall back Fifteenth Army Corps Fifteenth Corps fire force Fourth Division front gallantry Georgia guns Hardee's HDQRS headquarters heavy hill honor Illinois Illinois Infantry Infantry intrenched Iowa Iowa Infantry Jonesborough July 22 June Kenesaw Mountain Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle loss Major-General mand marched Marietta miles Mississippi Missouri morning moved forward Nickajack Creek night o'clock obedient servant occupied officers open field operations July Osterhaus pickets prisoners railroad rear rebel regiment relieved remained repulsed Resaca respectfully rifle-pits River road Second Brigade Second Division September Seventeenth Army Corps Seventeenth Corps Sixteenth skirmish line Special Field Orders Tennessee Third Brigade took position troops Volunteers William yards