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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... also got aground in the shallow waters of the channel , became the special object of attack , and the Merrimac , with the Yorktown and Jamestown , bore down upon her 2 [ CHAP . XIX . OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA .
... also got aground in the shallow waters of the channel , became the special object of attack , and the Merrimac , with the Yorktown and Jamestown , bore down upon her 2 [ CHAP . XIX . OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA .
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... Yorktown and Jamestown , com- menced an attack on the Minnesota ( still aground ) early this morning , and after a contest of five hours was driven off in a sinking condition by the Monitor , aided by the Minnesota , and towed by the ...
... Yorktown and Jamestown , com- menced an attack on the Minnesota ( still aground ) early this morning , and after a contest of five hours was driven off in a sinking condition by the Monitor , aided by the Minnesota , and towed by the ...
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... Yorktown , Jamestown , and a tug , came down the river from Day's Point under full head of steam . Our guns were then turned on them , but they kept at a distance and moved rapidly past , and received but little damage from us . During ...
... Yorktown , Jamestown , and a tug , came down the river from Day's Point under full head of steam . Our guns were then turned on them , but they kept at a distance and moved rapidly past , and received but little damage from us . During ...
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... Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry , 450 cavalry , and a few pieces of light artillery , the larger number being too heavy to bring over the roads , which are re- cently worse than ever . Finding , as I ...
... Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry , 450 cavalry , and a few pieces of light artillery , the larger number being too heavy to bring over the roads , which are re- cently worse than ever . Finding , as I ...
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... Yorktown , and how many by a subsequent operation to take Norfolk ? Send me your best map of Norfolk and vicinity . Please communicate Newport News . Across Mill Creek , near Fort Monroe . Rip Raps ; name changed to Fort Wool . fully ...
... Yorktown , and how many by a subsequent operation to take Norfolk ? Send me your best map of Norfolk and vicinity . Please communicate Newport News . Across Mill Creek , near Fort Monroe . Rip Raps ; name changed to Fort Wool . fully ...
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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