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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Page 79
... Nag's Head , with which he left as soon as he heard of our victory . Their troops were well posted for defense and their inland battery well masked , so that our men were really fighting against an enemy almost entirely concealed . The ...
... Nag's Head , with which he left as soon as he heard of our victory . Their troops were well posted for defense and their inland battery well masked , so that our men were really fighting against an enemy almost entirely concealed . The ...
Page 82
... Nag's Head . All of the guns excepting the three field pieces in the inland battery I found had been spiked and other ineffectual attempts made to render them unserviceable . Six of them were spiked with rat - tail files ; the remainder ...
... Nag's Head . All of the guns excepting the three field pieces in the inland battery I found had been spiked and other ineffectual attempts made to render them unserviceable . Six of them were spiked with rat - tail files ; the remainder ...
Page 87
... Nag's Head , and pushed forward toward the upper end of the island to overtake the re- treating regiments of the enemy . Just before reaching the fort on the upper extremity of the island I was met by a flag of truce , borne by ...
... Nag's Head , and pushed forward toward the upper end of the island to overtake the re- treating regiments of the enemy . Just before reaching the fort on the upper extremity of the island I was met by a flag of truce , borne by ...
Page 106
... head , who was badly wounded and trying to make his escape in a boat across to Nag's Head . " As soon as the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment was reformed I pro- ceeded with it up to the support of General Reno 106 [ CHAP . XX . OPERATIONS ...
... head , who was badly wounded and trying to make his escape in a boat across to Nag's Head . " As soon as the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment was reformed I pro- ceeded with it up to the support of General Reno 106 [ CHAP . XX . OPERATIONS ...
Page 109
... Nag's Head , which they did , taking O. Jennings Wise prisoner , and capturing the battery at that point , with three heavy columbiads . The enemy retreated to Weir's Point , where they did not make any fight , but surrendered to ...
... Nag's Head , which they did , taking O. Jennings Wise prisoner , and capturing the battery at that point , with three heavy columbiads . The enemy retreated to Weir's Point , where they did not make any fight , but surrendered to ...
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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