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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... front was urged by a patriotic but sanguine people . The Fresident , too , was anxious for the speedy employment of our Army , and , although possessed of my plans through frequent confer- ences , desired a paper from me upon the ...
... front was urged by a patriotic but sanguine people . The Fresident , too , was anxious for the speedy employment of our Army , and , although possessed of my plans through frequent confer- ences , desired a paper from me upon the ...
Page 44
... front of Wash- ington ( which is very unfavorable ) , much more level , more cleared land , the woods less dense , the soil more sandy , and the spring some two or three weeks earlier . A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy ...
... front of Wash- ington ( which is very unfavorable ) , much more level , more cleared land , the woods less dense , the soil more sandy , and the spring some two or three weeks earlier . A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy ...
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... front of the Virginia line of 25,000 men would suffice . ( Keyes , Heintzelman , and McDowell . ) A total of 40,000 men for the defense of the city would suffice . ( Sumner . ) This was assented to by myself and immediately communicated ...
... front of the Virginia line of 25,000 men would suffice . ( Keyes , Heintzelman , and McDowell . ) A total of 40,000 men for the defense of the city would suffice . ( Sumner . ) This was assented to by myself and immediately communicated ...
Page 57
... front you should post the main body of your troops , and proper proportions at suitable distances towards your right and left flanks . Careful patrols will be made , in order thoroughly to scour the country in front from right to left ...
... front you should post the main body of your troops , and proper proportions at suitable distances towards your right and left flanks . Careful patrols will be made , in order thoroughly to scour the country in front from right to left ...
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... front , you can avail yourself of his aid as soon as possible . Please direct him to Winchester , thence to report to the Adjutant - General of the Army for orders ; but keep him until you are sure what you have in front . In regard to ...
... front , you can avail yourself of his aid as soon as possible . Please direct him to Winchester , thence to report to the Adjutant - General of the Army for orders ; but keep him until you are sure what you have in front . In regard to ...
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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