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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... direction of Major Myer a Signal Corps was formed by de- tailing officers and men from the different regiments of volunteers and instructing them in the use of the flags by day and torches by night . The Chief Signal Officer was ...
... direction of Major Myer a Signal Corps was formed by de- tailing officers and men from the different regiments of volunteers and instructing them in the use of the flags by day and torches by night . The Chief Signal Officer was ...
Page 35
... direction and nature of this coast expedition , therefore , were somewhat changed , as will soon appear in the original plan sub- mitted to the Secretary of War and the letter of instructions later issued to General Burnside , its ...
... direction and nature of this coast expedition , therefore , were somewhat changed , as will soon appear in the original plan sub- mitted to the Secretary of War and the letter of instructions later issued to General Burnside , its ...
Page 100
... direction of Major - General McClellan , I have to state that the subject of suitable provision for the reception of the wounded at this position has engaged my attention for the last three weeks . I had commenced arrangements by ...
... direction of Major - General McClellan , I have to state that the subject of suitable provision for the reception of the wounded at this position has engaged my attention for the last three weeks . I had commenced arrangements by ...
Page 102
... direction of the medical officers in all duties pertaining to their corps . Companies or detachments of the corps could then be assigned to brigades , divisions , or corps d'armée , as occasion might require . They would move under ...
... direction of the medical officers in all duties pertaining to their corps . Companies or detachments of the corps could then be assigned to brigades , divisions , or corps d'armée , as occasion might require . They would move under ...
Page 119
... direction of our pickets , stationed northeast of Bailey's Corners and on the right of Captain Dillman's position . I started immediately for Bailey's Corners , to inform Captain Dillman and take steps for defense . I found that Captain ...
... direction of our pickets , stationed northeast of Bailey's Corners and on the right of Captain Dillman's position . I started immediately for Bailey's Corners , to inform Captain Dillman and take steps for defense . I found that Captain ...
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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