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, 1883 - 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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... Burnside Expedition sails from Hampton Roads for the North Carolina coast . Mar. 8-9 , 1862. - Naval engagement in Hampton Roads , Va . , and destruction of the U. S. frigate Congress and sloop - of - war Cumberland by the Confed- erate ...
... Burnside Expedition sails from Hampton Roads for the North Carolina coast . Mar. 8-9 , 1862. - Naval engagement in Hampton Roads , Va . , and destruction of the U. S. frigate Congress and sloop - of - war Cumberland by the Confed- erate ...
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... Burnside's co - operation , take Norfolk , provided I can . have aid from the Navy and can be furnished with land transporta- tion . All the boats we had at the post were given to the Hatteras expedition ; consequently I have none that ...
... Burnside's co - operation , take Norfolk , provided I can . have aid from the Navy and can be furnished with land transporta- tion . All the boats we had at the post were given to the Hatteras expedition ; consequently I have none that ...
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... Burnside , who will be found in Pamlico or Albemarle Sound . The messenger accredited from the Secretary of War or Adjutant- General will leave this place on the 5 o'clock train . Have a carriage and conveyance ready to put him on board ...
... Burnside , who will be found in Pamlico or Albemarle Sound . The messenger accredited from the Secretary of War or Adjutant- General will leave this place on the 5 o'clock train . Have a carriage and conveyance ready to put him on board ...
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... Burnside and Goldsborough are very strong for the Chowan River route to Norfolk , and I brought up maps , explanations , & c . , to show you . It turns everything , and is only 27 miles to Norfolk by two good roads . Burnside will have ...
... Burnside and Goldsborough are very strong for the Chowan River route to Norfolk , and I brought up maps , explanations , & c . , to show you . It turns everything , and is only 27 miles to Norfolk by two good roads . Burnside will have ...
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... . I directed them to build on the front line . While this was being done intelligence arrived of Burnside's preparations for an attack . Indications from the most. CHAP . XIX . ] 39 CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. - CONFEDERATE .
... . I directed them to build on the front line . While this was being done intelligence arrived of Burnside's preparations for an attack . Indications from the most. CHAP . XIX . ] 39 CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. - CONFEDERATE .
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advance AMBROSE E ammunition arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery battle Beaufort Berne boats breastworks bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Capt Captain cavalry charge Colonel Shaw companies Creek Croatan Sound defense DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK Department of North dispatch duty Elizabeth City enemy enemy's February fire flank fleet force Fort Monroe Fort Thompson Foster Fourth Rhode Island Goldsborough guard gunboats guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT howitzers Huger immediately Infantry instant J. P. BENJAMIN James River killed Kinston landing Legion Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General March March 14 Massachusetts Merrimac miles morning Nag's Head Navy night Ninth New York Norfolk North Carolina o'clock obedient servant officers ordered pickets position railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received regiment Reno respectfully retreat returned Rhode Island Richmond road Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shot soon steamer transportation troops Twenty-first Massachusetts U. S. Army vessels Virginia Volunteers Wise wounded Yorktown