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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Page 57
... troops , weary with a night of marching and a day of fighting , rested on their arms , having everywhere maintained ... troops for the following day . Thomas corps , with the troops which had re - enforced him , was to maintain ...
... troops , weary with a night of marching and a day of fighting , rested on their arms , having everywhere maintained ... troops for the following day . Thomas corps , with the troops which had re - enforced him , was to maintain ...
Page 58
... troops were in the position indicated , except Palmer's line was to be closed more compactly . Satisfied that the enemy's first attempt would be on our left , or- ders were dispatched to General Negley to join General Thomas and to ...
... troops were in the position indicated , except Palmer's line was to be closed more compactly . Satisfied that the enemy's first attempt would be on our left , or- ders were dispatched to General Negley to join General Thomas and to ...
Page 59
... troops , and the distance Davis ' men were falling back , and the tide of battle surging toward us , the urgency for Sheridan's troops to in- tervene became imminent , and I hastened in person to the extreme right , to direct Sheridan's ...
... troops , and the distance Davis ' men were falling back , and the tide of battle surging toward us , the urgency for Sheridan's troops to in- tervene became imminent , and I hastened in person to the extreme right , to direct Sheridan's ...
Page 60
... troops sent to his support , by passing to the rear of the broken portion of our lines , but found the routed troops far toward the left , and hearing the enemy's advancing mus- ketry and cheers , I became_doubtful whether the left had ...
... troops sent to his support , by passing to the rear of the broken portion of our lines , but found the routed troops far toward the left , and hearing the enemy's advancing mus- ketry and cheers , I became_doubtful whether the left had ...
Page 81
... troops , always fearless on the field of battle , I return my thanks for the prompt- ness and military good sense with which he sent his divisions toward the noise of battle on the 19th . " Commended for the ability with which he ...
... troops , always fearless on the field of battle , I return my thanks for the prompt- ness and military good sense with which he sent his divisions toward the noise of battle on the 19th . " Commended for the ability with which he ...
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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