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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... reached by the military telegraph , the great usefulness of this system of signals was made manifest . But it was not until after the arrival of the army upon the Peninsula , and dur- ing the siege and battles of that and the Maryland ...
... reached by the military telegraph , the great usefulness of this system of signals was made manifest . But it was not until after the arrival of the army upon the Peninsula , and dur- ing the siege and battles of that and the Maryland ...
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... reached General Stone as early as 11 a . m . of that day . I expected him to accomplish all that was intended on the same day ; and this he did , as will be seen from the following dispatch , received at my headquarters in Washington ...
... reached General Stone as early as 11 a . m . of that day . I expected him to accomplish all that was intended on the same day ; and this he did , as will be seen from the following dispatch , received at my headquarters in Washington ...
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... reached the Maryland shore in safety . A few days afterward I received information , which seemed to be authentic , to the effect that large bodies of the enemy had been ordered from Manassas to Leesburg to cut off our troops on the ...
... reached the Maryland shore in safety . A few days afterward I received information , which seemed to be authentic , to the effect that large bodies of the enemy had been ordered from Manassas to Leesburg to cut off our troops on the ...
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... reached by vessels of heavy draught ; it is neither occupied nor ob- served by the enemy ; it is but one march from West Point , the key of that region , and thence but two marches to Richmond . A rapid movement from Urbana would ...
... reached by vessels of heavy draught ; it is neither occupied nor ob- served by the enemy ; it is but one march from West Point , the key of that region , and thence but two marches to Richmond . A rapid movement from Urbana would ...
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... reached me , and I expressed to them my intention to cross the river immediately , and there gain the most authentic information prior to determining what course to pursue . The retirement of the enemy towards Richmond had been expected ...
... reached me , and I expressed to them my intention to cross the river immediately , and there gain the most authentic information prior to determining what course to pursue . The retirement of the enemy towards Richmond had been expected ...
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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