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, 1890 - 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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... direction of the city , which afterward I found to be occasioned by the burning of the two railroad bridges over the Yalabusha River at that place . When within a half mile of the river the enemy contested my advance vigorously , but ...
... direction of the city , which afterward I found to be occasioned by the burning of the two railroad bridges over the Yalabusha River at that place . When within a half mile of the river the enemy contested my advance vigorously , but ...
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... direction toward the line of the Coosa , the general direction of which , from the cross- ing of the Atlanta road to Rome and thence to Gadsden , is south- west . From the position of our army at McMinnville , Tullahoma , Decherd , and ...
... direction toward the line of the Coosa , the general direction of which , from the cross- ing of the Atlanta road to Rome and thence to Gadsden , is south- west . From the position of our army at McMinnville , Tullahoma , Decherd , and ...
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... direction might result in the capture of the force thus isolated . General Thomas ordered Brannan with two brigades to reconnoiter in that direction and attack any small force he should meet . The advance brigade , supported by the rest ...
... direction might result in the capture of the force thus isolated . General Thomas ordered Brannan with two brigades to reconnoiter in that direction and attack any small force he should meet . The advance brigade , supported by the rest ...
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... direction of Ringgold and Graysville . The Reserve Corps covered the approaches from the Chickamauga toward Rossville and the extension of our left . The roar of battle hushed in the darkness of night , and our troops , weary with a ...
... direction of Ringgold and Graysville . The Reserve Corps covered the approaches from the Chickamauga toward Rossville and the extension of our left . The roar of battle hushed in the darkness of night , and our troops , weary with a ...
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... direction of your line of battle . He suggests that it should be en échelon in the general direction of northwest and southeast , with your left hugging the mountain and keeping your right refused . This is based on the supposition that ...
... direction of your line of battle . He suggests that it should be en échelon in the general direction of northwest and southeast , with your left hugging the mountain and keeping your right refused . This is based on the supposition that ...
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advance aide-de-camp ammunition artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battalion battle of Chickamauga Brannan Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Chattanooga road Chickamauga Colonel column Commissioned officers Company Crawfish Spring Creek Crittenden crossing CUMBERLAND Davis direction enemy enemy's engaged Enlisted fall back fight fire force forward Fourteenth Army Corps front gade Gordon's Mills guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT heavy hill honor Illinois immediately Indiana Battery Indiana Volunteers instant Kentucky killed left flank Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Lookout Mountain loss Major-General mand marched McCook miles morning moved Negley night o'clock obedient servant Ohio Volunteer Infantry pickets rallied rear rebel received orders regiment respectfully retired Reynolds ridge right flank Ringgold Rosecrans Rossville Second Brigade Second Division sent September 19 September 20 Sheridan skirmishers soon staff Tenn Tennessee River Third Brigade Third Division Thomas troops Twentieth Army Corps Twenty-first Army Corps Valley woods wounded yards