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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Page 114
... road being narrow , we were unable to proceed to much advantage . Being in ad- vance myself , upon getting up to the main road I was suddenly brought face to face with the enemy , whom I should judge to have been about 20 strong . The ...
... road being narrow , we were unable to proceed to much advantage . Being in ad- vance myself , upon getting up to the main road I was suddenly brought face to face with the enemy , whom I should judge to have been about 20 strong . The ...
Page 119
... road , and occupying the Bailey out- houses and premises adjoining . An attack was also made on our line of pickets , extending as far as the first house on the direct road from Arlington Mill to Bailey's Corners . The pickets returned ...
... road , and occupying the Bailey out- houses and premises adjoining . An attack was also made on our line of pickets , extending as far as the first house on the direct road from Arlington Mill to Bailey's Corners . The pickets returned ...
Page 126
... road , leading from Turkey Creek to the mountain ridge , and thence around head of Big Creek , to fall on the enemy's left flank . To contest the bridge and the angle of the road there I had but 600 infantry and 3 pieces of artillery ...
... road , leading from Turkey Creek to the mountain ridge , and thence around head of Big Creek , to fall on the enemy's left flank . To contest the bridge and the angle of the road there I had but 600 infantry and 3 pieces of artillery ...
Page 132
... road , but cautiously , until he should find whether the rebels were in retreat or in force . Papers found in camp showed that Floyd's force consisted of at least five regiments , two batteries , and a battalion of cavalry , and that a ...
... road , but cautiously , until he should find whether the rebels were in retreat or in force . Papers found in camp showed that Floyd's force consisted of at least five regiments , two batteries , and a battalion of cavalry , and that a ...
Page 140
... road , and then went in person to report to Generals Benham and Rosecrans . This I did , and requested that a brigadier might lead us to an attack upon the enemy's extreme right . A brigade , consisting of the Twenty- eighth Ohio ...
... road , and then went in person to report to Generals Benham and Rosecrans . This I did , and requested that a brigadier might lead us to an attack upon the enemy's extreme right . A brigade , consisting of the Twenty- eighth Ohio ...
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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