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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... March 17 , 1862 . Jan. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS . 11 , 1862. - The 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 ...
... March 17 , 1862 . Jan. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS . 11 , 1862. - The 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 ...
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... March 7 , 1862—10 p . m . Capt . JOHN MARSTON , Senior Naval Officer , Hampton Roads ( via boat ) : Send the St. Lawrence , Congress , and Cumberland immediately into the Potomac River . Let the disposition of the remainder of the ...
... March 7 , 1862—10 p . m . Capt . JOHN MARSTON , Senior Naval Officer , Hampton Roads ( via boat ) : Send the St. Lawrence , Congress , and Cumberland immediately into the Potomac River . Let the disposition of the remainder of the ...
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... March 9 , 1862 . To the GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK , Albany ; MASSACHUSETTS , Boston MAINE , Portland : The opinion of the naval commanders here is that the Merrima will not venture to sea , but they advise that immediate preparation be made ...
... March 9 , 1862 . To the GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK , Albany ; MASSACHUSETTS , Boston MAINE , Portland : The opinion of the naval commanders here is that the Merrima will not venture to sea , but they advise that immediate preparation be made ...
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... MARCH 9 , 1862-3.40 p . m . I am making arrangements to place an 11 - inch gun and some 10 - inch mortars on Giesborough Point , which will command at short range the nearest point that a vessel drawing 22 feet can approach the Capitol ...
... MARCH 9 , 1862-3.40 p . m . I am making arrangements to place an 11 - inch gun and some 10 - inch mortars on Giesborough Point , which will command at short range the nearest point that a vessel drawing 22 feet can approach the Capitol ...
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... March 9 , 1862-9 p . m . Hon . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy : The proposed measures for guarding the Potomac are in progress I am informed from the Quartermaster's Department that eight canal boats , loaded with stone , were ...
... March 9 , 1862-9 p . m . Hon . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy : The proposed measures for guarding the Potomac are in progress I am informed from the Quartermaster's Department that eight canal boats , loaded with stone , were ...
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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