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 47
... breastworks thrown up , behind which infantry can be posted to prevent any attempt of the en- emy to force through and take the batteries in rear , where they are quite open and defenseless . In each battery there is one or more ...
... breastworks thrown up , behind which infantry can be posted to prevent any attempt of the en- emy to force through and take the batteries in rear , where they are quite open and defenseless . In each battery there is one or more ...
Page 61
... breastworks could be thrown up with sufficient rapidity by the troops who are to defend the main works when there is occasion . Labor in that direction at present would seem to be injudicious . Most of the works are closed , and those ...
... breastworks could be thrown up with sufficient rapidity by the troops who are to defend the main works when there is occasion . Labor in that direction at present would seem to be injudicious . Most of the works are closed , and those ...
Page 129
... breastwork for light battery and the south end , each nearly surrounded by marshes and swamps ; that the dangerous ... breastworks . There were two North Carolina regiments , the Eighth and Thirty - first , and a battalion of three ...
... breastwork for light battery and the south end , each nearly surrounded by marshes and swamps ; that the dangerous ... breastworks . There were two North Carolina regiments , the Eighth and Thirty - first , and a battalion of three ...
Page 150
... breast works called Suple's Hill . If the enemy attempt to land at Pugh's the force at Ashby's will re - en- force that at Pugh's , and fight every inch of ground at the water's edge as long as prudence will permit . Under no ...
... breast works called Suple's Hill . If the enemy attempt to land at Pugh's the force at Ashby's will re - en- force that at Pugh's , and fight every inch of ground at the water's edge as long as prudence will permit . Under no ...
Page 151
... breastworks , and there make a final stand . If the enemy do not land at Pugh's , but pass the marshes , the force at Pugh's will join the force at Ashby's , and there they will , if possible , prevent the landing of the enemy : There ...
... breastworks , and there make a final stand . If the enemy do not land at Pugh's , but pass the marshes , the force at Pugh's will join the force at Ashby's , and there they will , if possible , prevent the landing of the enemy : There ...
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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