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, 1881 - 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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... arriving in the city . The valuable services of these officers in their various departments during this and throughout the subsequent periods of the history of the Army of the Potomac can hardly be sufficiently appreciated . Their names ...
... arriving in the city . The valuable services of these officers in their various departments during this and throughout the subsequent periods of the history of the Army of the Potomac can hardly be sufficiently appreciated . Their names ...
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... arrived regiments on the Maryland side until their armament and equipment were issued and they had obtained some little elementary instruction before assigning them per- manently to brigades . When the organization of the brigades was ...
... arrived regiments on the Maryland side until their armament and equipment were issued and they had obtained some little elementary instruction before assigning them per- manently to brigades . When the organization of the brigades was ...
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... arrived at the conclusion that two light batteries fully equipped and one without horses will be all that are necessary . This will make your force about 14,400 infantry , 275 cavalry , 580 artillery ; total , 15,255 men . The ...
... arrived at the conclusion that two light batteries fully equipped and one without horses will be all that are necessary . This will make your force about 14,400 infantry , 275 cavalry , 580 artillery ; total , 15,255 men . The ...
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... arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge nearly completed ; the hold- ing ground proved better than had been anticipated ; the weather was favorable , there being no wind . I at once crossed over the two brigades which had arrived ...
... arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge nearly completed ; the hold- ing ground proved better than had been anticipated ; the weather was favorable , there being no wind . I at once crossed over the two brigades which had arrived ...
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... arrived for a decision . From the following letter to the Adjutant - General , dated April 1 , 1862 , it will be seen that I left for the defenses of the national capital and its approaches , when I sailed for the Peninsula , 73,456 men ...
... arrived for a decision . From the following letter to the Adjutant - General , dated April 1 , 1862 , it will be seen that I left for the defenses of the national capital and its approaches , when I sailed for the Peninsula , 73,456 men ...
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advance arrived Assistant Adjutant-General attack August Baltimore Banks battery bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Centreville Colonel column Commanding Division companies corps Cotton Hill Creek cross Department detachment direction dispatch duty Edwards Ferry enemy enemy's Fairfax Court-House field fire flank Floyd force Fort Monroe front Gauley guard guns Harper's Ferry HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY Hill honor horses immediately infantry instant instructions intrenchments JOSEPH HOOKER Kanawha killed Leesburg Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General Manassas Maryland MCCLELLAN ment miles militia morning Mountain move movement night November o'clock p. m. obedient servant occupied officers Ohio Pennsylvania pickets Pohick Church Poolesville position Potomac railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully retreat rifled river road Romney ROSECRANS scouts Secretary of War sent side skirmishers tion troops turnpike U. S. Army wagons Washington Western Virginia WILLIAMS Winchester woods wounded York Volunteers