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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... fire were fully appreciated . There was scarcely any action or skirmish in which the Signal Corps did not render important services . Often under heavy fire of artillery , and not unfrequently while exposed to musketry the officers and ...
... fire were fully appreciated . There was scarcely any action or skirmish in which the Signal Corps did not render important services . Often under heavy fire of artillery , and not unfrequently while exposed to musketry the officers and ...
Page 125
... fire before . At about dusk , with one company , I cautiously reached the bridge , and just then the enemy opened a hot fire , for a very short time , upon us . The guard were dis- turbed a moment by the horse of Captain Swank , who was ...
... fire before . At about dusk , with one company , I cautiously reached the bridge , and just then the enemy opened a hot fire , for a very short time , upon us . The guard were dis- turbed a moment by the horse of Captain Swank , who was ...
Page 133
... fire had been pre- pared for us at the open space at the debouch from the woods , and I at once forbid the advance of the regiment beyond this point . Within some five minutes after this time ( nearly 3.30 o'clock ) , while carefully ...
... fire had been pre- pared for us at the open space at the debouch from the woods , and I at once forbid the advance of the regiment beyond this point . Within some five minutes after this time ( nearly 3.30 o'clock ) , while carefully ...
Page 136
... fire of the enemy was directed towards us . The men rallied gallantly on the hill - side under withering volleys of grape and canister with small - arms , and a part of three companies , A , E , and D , actually moved up within pistol ...
... fire of the enemy was directed towards us . The men rallied gallantly on the hill - side under withering volleys of grape and canister with small - arms , and a part of three companies , A , E , and D , actually moved up within pistol ...
Page 137
... fire , until every round of ammunition was expended and the companies relieved by artillery , when it rejoined the right wing , already in position in front of the enemy's battery , the men dragging our guns through the woods in their ...
... fire , until every round of ammunition was expended and the companies relieved by artillery , when it rejoined the right wing , already in position in front of the enemy's battery , the men dragging our guns through the woods in their ...
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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