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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... Fort Monroe , Va . , March 9 , 1862 . GENERAL : Two hours after I sent my hurried dispatch to the Secre- tary of War last evening the Monitor arrived , and saved the Minnesota and the St. Lawrence , which were both aground when she ...
... Fort Monroe , Va . , March 9 , 1862 . GENERAL : Two hours after I sent my hurried dispatch to the Secre- tary of War last evening the Monitor arrived , and saved the Minnesota and the St. Lawrence , which were both aground when she ...
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... Fort Monroe , I saw that it was utterly impossible to do anything toward attacking the fort . My own troops , which are obliged to be divided to defend the two roads , Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry ...
... Fort Monroe , I saw that it was utterly impossible to do anything toward attacking the fort . My own troops , which are obliged to be divided to defend the two roads , Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry ...
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... Fort Monroe . Camp Hamilton . Camp Butler .. Fort Calhoun Total Commands . Officers . Present for duty . Men . Aggregate present . Aggregate present and absent . Heavy . Field . Pieces of artillery . 16 16 17 48 1 , 280 1 , 534 1 , 614 ...
... Fort Monroe . Camp Hamilton . Camp Butler .. Fort Calhoun Total Commands . Officers . Present for duty . Men . Aggregate present . Aggregate present and absent . Heavy . Field . Pieces of artillery . 16 16 17 48 1 , 280 1 , 534 1 , 614 ...
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... Fort Monroe , Va . , February 23 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War : SIR : * * * Yesterday I had the honor to receive your telegram , by which I am informed that an iron - clad steamer and a large frigate would be in ...
... Fort Monroe , Va . , February 23 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War : SIR : * * * Yesterday I had the honor to receive your telegram , by which I am informed that an iron - clad steamer and a large frigate would be in ...
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... Fort Monroe , Va . , February 23 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War : DEAR SIR : Colonel Cram , my senior aide - de - camp , will present you with a dispatch and a most excellent map , by which he will explain in detail my ...
... Fort Monroe , Va . , February 23 , 1862 . Hon . E. M. STANTON , Secretary of War : DEAR SIR : Colonel Cram , my senior aide - de - camp , will present you with a dispatch and a most excellent map , by which he will explain in detail my ...
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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