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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... action . The Congress , being nearest to the Merrimac , was the first to receive her fire , which was promptly returned by a full broadside , the shots falling apparently harmlessly off from the armored side of the assail- ant . Passing ...
... action . The Congress , being nearest to the Merrimac , was the first to receive her fire , which was promptly returned by a full broadside , the shots falling apparently harmlessly off from the armored side of the assail- ant . Passing ...
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... action from a raking position on the beach , covered by sand banks and trees , against these steamers . We here had them at about 800 yards to advantage , and immediately they let go their hold on the Congress and moved out of range ...
... action from a raking position on the beach , covered by sand banks and trees , against these steamers . We here had them at about 800 yards to advantage , and immediately they let go their hold on the Congress and moved out of range ...
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... action shows the power and endurance of iron - clad vessels ; cannon - shot do not harm them , and they can pass batteries or destroy large ships . A vessel like the Vir- ginia or the Monitor , with her two guns , can pass any of our ...
... action shows the power and endurance of iron - clad vessels ; cannon - shot do not harm them , and they can pass batteries or destroy large ships . A vessel like the Vir- ginia or the Monitor , with her two guns , can pass any of our ...
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... action of the pre- vious day , I have not had it in my power at an earlier date to prepare the official report , which I now have the honor to submit , of the pro- ceedings on the 8th and 9th instant of the James River squadron , under ...
... action of the pre- vious day , I have not had it in my power at an earlier date to prepare the official report , which I now have the honor to submit , of the pro- ceedings on the 8th and 9th instant of the James River squadron , under ...
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... action . In the course of the day Lieutenant Minor and myself were sent in a steamer to the hospital at Norfolk . The following is an extract from the report of Lieutenant Jones of the proceedings of the Virginia on the 9th : At ...
... action . In the course of the day Lieutenant Minor and myself were sent in a steamer to the hospital at Norfolk . The following is an extract from the report of Lieutenant Jones of the proceedings of the Virginia on the 9th : At ...
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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