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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... position until the end of the Peninsular campaign , when sickness , contracted in the untiring discharge of his duties , com- pelled him to ask to be relieved from the position he had so ably and energetically filled . The provost ...
... position until the end of the Peninsular campaign , when sickness , contracted in the untiring discharge of his duties , com- pelled him to ask to be relieved from the position he had so ably and energetically filled . The provost ...
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... position to re- deem . We have lost some of our best commanders - Baker dead , Cogswell a prisoner or secreted . The wounded are being carefully and rapidly removed , and Gorman's wing is being cautiously withdrawn . Any advance from ...
... position to re- deem . We have lost some of our best commanders - Baker dead , Cogswell a prisoner or secreted . The wounded are being carefully and rapidly removed , and Gorman's wing is being cautiously withdrawn . Any advance from ...
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... position - say Brimstone Hill or nearer the Occoquan . In this latitude the weather will for a considerable period be very uncertain , and a movement commenced in force on roads in tolerably firm condition will be liable , almost ...
... position - say Brimstone Hill or nearer the Occoquan . In this latitude the weather will for a considerable period be very uncertain , and a movement commenced in force on roads in tolerably firm condition will be liable , almost ...
Page 45
... position would be untenable with us on the southern bank of the river . Should circumstances render it not ad- visable to land at Urbana , we can use Mob Jack Bay ; or , the worst coming to the worst , we can take Fort Monroe as a base ...
... position would be untenable with us on the southern bank of the river . Should circumstances render it not ad- visable to land at Urbana , we can use Mob Jack Bay ; or , the worst coming to the worst , we can take Fort Monroe as a base ...
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... positions , defended by heavy earth- works , yet at the commencement of this war but few civilians in our country ... position of General - in - Chief , I cheerfully acceded to the disposition he saw fit to make of my services , and ...
... positions , defended by heavy earth- works , yet at the commencement of this war but few civilians in our country ... position of General - in - Chief , I cheerfully acceded to the disposition he saw fit to make of my services , and ...
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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