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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... attack . No. 1 . Extract from Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy . DECEMBER 1 , 1862 . It was the intention and constant effort of the Department and con- tractors that the Monitor should be completed in the month of January ...
... attack . No. 1 . Extract from Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy . DECEMBER 1 , 1862 . It was the intention and constant effort of the Department and con- tractors that the Monitor should be completed in the month of January ...
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... attack the vessels of the blockading squadron that were in and about Hampton Roads . When the Merrimac and her attendants made their appearance the Congress and the Cumberland , two sailing vessels , were anchored off Newport News , and ...
... attack the vessels of the blockading squadron that were in and about Hampton Roads . When the Merrimac and her attendants made their appearance the Congress and the Cumberland , two sailing vessels , were anchored off Newport News , and ...
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... attack from the formidable assailant . At this critical and anxious moment the Monitor , one of the newly - finished armored vessels , came into Hampton Roads , from New York , under command of Lieut . John L. Worden , and a little ...
... attack from the formidable assailant . At this critical and anxious moment the Monitor , one of the newly - finished armored vessels , came into Hampton Roads , from New York , under command of Lieut . John L. Worden , and a little ...
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... attack produced no effect upon the fort except to increase its garrison , I contented myself with occupying the most advanced posts , Bethel and Young's Mill , where the troops are now . I believe the enemy's plan was to ascend James ...
... attack produced no effect upon the fort except to increase its garrison , I contented myself with occupying the most advanced posts , Bethel and Young's Mill , where the troops are now . I believe the enemy's plan was to ascend James ...
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... attack on Newport News , has been received and communicated to the Secretary of the Navy and the General Commanding . Accept my thanks for your prompt and vigilant attention . It will be the aim of this Department to support you in ...
... attack on Newport News , has been received and communicated to the Secretary of the Navy and the General Commanding . Accept my thanks for your prompt and vigilant attention . It will be the aim of this Department to support you in ...
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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