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 25
... 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 the Commodore . Acknowledge receipt of this and ...
... 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 the Commodore . Acknowledge receipt of this and ...
Page 59
... Sound and the Chowan River in the rear . The principal obstacles to the front attack are the batteries . On the direct approach up the Elizabeth River these batteries are strong and , with the obstructions in the channel , sufficient to ...
... Sound and the Chowan River in the rear . The principal obstacles to the front attack are the batteries . On the direct approach up the Elizabeth River these batteries are strong and , with the obstructions in the channel , sufficient to ...
Page 71
... Sound , and , unless a change in the supposed original plan of the enemy is more apparent , I think it unnecessary to cross your troops back to the left bank of James River yet awhile . I hardly think he will risk an attack upon you un ...
... Sound , and , unless a change in the supposed original plan of the enemy is more apparent , I think it unnecessary to cross your troops back to the left bank of James River yet awhile . I hardly think he will risk an attack upon you un ...
Page 72
... Sound . 14 , 1862. - Battle of New Berne . 19 , 1862. - Brig . Gen. J. R. Anderson supersedes Brig . Gen. R. C. Gatlin in command of the Confederate Department of North Carolina . ‡ 20-21 , 1862. - Expedition to Washington . 23 - April ...
... Sound . 14 , 1862. - Battle of New Berne . 19 , 1862. - Brig . Gen. J. R. Anderson supersedes Brig . Gen. R. C. Gatlin in command of the Confederate Department of North Carolina . ‡ 20-21 , 1862. - Expedition to Washington . 23 - April ...
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... Sound , at 5.30 p . m . , when the signal to anchor was given . On the following morning ( the 6th ) we again weighed anchor at 6.30 a . m . , but could proceed no farther than to the entrance of the sound in consequence of a thick fog ...
... Sound , at 5.30 p . m . , when the signal to anchor was given . On the following morning ( the 6th ) we again weighed anchor at 6.30 a . m . , but could proceed no farther than to the entrance of the sound in consequence of a thick fog ...
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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