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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... necessary to crush a population sufficiently numerous , intelligent , and warlike to constitute a nation . We have not only to defeat their armed and organized forces in the field , but to dis- play such an overwhelming strength as will ...
... necessary to crush a population sufficiently numerous , intelligent , and warlike to constitute a nation . We have not only to defeat their armed and organized forces in the field , but to dis- play such an overwhelming strength as will ...
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... necessary to secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi will be de- termined by its commander and the President , If Kentucky assumes the right posi- tion , not more than 20,000 will be ...
... necessary to secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi will be de- termined by its commander and the President , If Kentucky assumes the right posi- tion , not more than 20,000 will be ...
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... necessary to cover our communications , while the enemy will be constantly concentrating as he falls back . I propose , with the force which I have requested , not only to drive the enemy out of Virginia and occupy Richmond , but to ...
... necessary to cover our communications , while the enemy will be constantly concentrating as he falls back . I propose , with the force which I have requested , not only to drive the enemy out of Virginia and occupy Richmond , but to ...
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... 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 in the event of ...
... 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 in the event of ...
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... necessary bridge equipage for the operations of a large army had been collected , consisting of bateaux with the anchors and flooring ma- terial ( French model ) , trestles , and engineer's tools , with the necessary wagons for their ...
... necessary bridge equipage for the operations of a large army had been collected , consisting of bateaux with the anchors and flooring ma- terial ( French model ) , trestles , and engineer's tools , with the necessary wagons for 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