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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... force in this vicinity be- comes organized , strong , and efficient , because no capable general will cross the river north of this city when we have a strong army here ready to cut off his retreat . To revert to the West : It is ...
... force in this vicinity be- comes organized , strong , and efficient , because no capable general will cross the river north of this city when we have a strong army here ready to cut off his retreat . To revert to the West : It is ...
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... force I have recommended is large ; the expense is great . It is possible that a smaller force might accomplish the object in view , but I understand it to be the purpose of this great nation to re - establish the power of its ...
... force I have recommended is large ; the expense is great . It is possible that a smaller force might accomplish the object in view , but I understand it to be the purpose of this great nation to re - establish the power of its ...
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... force I regarded as necessary to enable this army to advance with a reasonable certainty of success , at the same time leaving the capital and the line of the Potomac sufficiently guarded not only to secure the retreat of the main army ...
... force I regarded as necessary to enable this army to advance with a reasonable certainty of success , at the same time leaving the capital and the line of the Potomac sufficiently guarded not only to secure the retreat of the main army ...
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... force required 208,000 488 or an aggregate , present and absent , of about 240,000 men , should the losses by sick- ness , & c . , not rise to a higher percentage than at present . Having stated what I regard as the requisite force to ...
... force required 208,000 488 or an aggregate , present and absent , of about 240,000 men , should the losses by sick- ness , & c . , not rise to a higher percentage than at present . Having stated what I regard as the requisite force to ...
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... force . The entire management and organization of the force to be under my control , and to form an integral part of the Army of the Potomac . The immediate object of this force is for operations in the inlets of Chesapeake Bay and the ...
... force . The entire management and organization of the force to be under my control , and to form an integral part of the Army of the Potomac . The immediate object of this force is for operations in the inlets of Chesapeake Bay and the ...
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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