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 38
... advance . Returning to Yorktown , I called upon Mr. R. D. Lee , who had mills on that stream , to show me the line of Warwick River , which rises near Yorktown , flows across the county , and enters James River a little below Mulberry ...
... advance . Returning to Yorktown , I called upon Mr. R. D. Lee , who had mills on that stream , to show me the line of Warwick River , which rises near Yorktown , flows across the county , and enters James River a little below Mulberry ...
Page 39
... advance . Jamestown Island , having been fortified when I took command , would constitute the right flank ; the works at Williamsburg the center , and York River and Yorktown the left flank ; but Yorktown being 12 miles farther down the ...
... advance . Jamestown Island , having been fortified when I took command , would constitute the right flank ; the works at Williamsburg the center , and York River and Yorktown the left flank ; but Yorktown being 12 miles farther down the ...
Page 59
... advance on any line , and , if possible , to throw on his flanks and cut his line . I have thought it necessary to hold Sewell's Point . This battery covers the obstructions in the channel opposite to it . While this bar- rier remains ...
... advance on any line , and , if possible , to throw on his flanks and cut his line . I have thought it necessary to hold Sewell's Point . This battery covers the obstructions in the channel opposite to it . While this bar- rier remains ...
Page 60
... advance toward Newport News , displaying his force to the best advantage , but will not engage the enemy if he advances , ex- cept that our cavalry will charge their cavalry or their artillery if the occasion offers . Colonel Winston ...
... advance toward Newport News , displaying his force to the best advantage , but will not engage the enemy if he advances , ex- cept that our cavalry will charge their cavalry or their artillery if the occasion offers . Colonel Winston ...
Page 64
... advance of their pickets and their increasing force admonishes me of the neces- sity of arranging my troops on the second line for defense , from which I have advanced them after the naval action , to be ready to take ad- vantage of the ...
... advance of their pickets and their increasing force admonishes me of the neces- sity of arranging my troops on the second line for defense , from which I have advanced them after the naval action , to be ready to take ad- vantage of the ...
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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