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 13
... cavalry ( of ours ) drawn up in line of battle within 1 mile of Newport News and 600 yards of the enemy's pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I obtained from all quarters reliable information of the enemy's great strength , which was ...
... cavalry ( of ours ) drawn up in line of battle within 1 mile of Newport News and 600 yards of the enemy's pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I obtained from all quarters reliable information of the enemy's great strength , which was ...
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... Cavalry . 1st Virginia ( 1 company ) Artillery . Bagby's company Virginia volunteers . Jordan's company Virginia ... cavalry camps near Yorktown . Col. R. JOHNSTON , commanding . 3d Virginia ( 6 companies ) Cavalry . Jamestown Island ...
... Cavalry . 1st Virginia ( 1 company ) Artillery . Bagby's company Virginia volunteers . Jordan's company Virginia ... cavalry camps near Yorktown . Col. R. JOHNSTON , commanding . 3d Virginia ( 6 companies ) Cavalry . Jamestown Island ...
Page 57
... cavalry and one regiment of infantry at each place . It was almost impossible to with- draw the artillery on account of the state of the roads . I have arranged the remaining troops not in garrisons , about 4,000 men , on the second ...
... cavalry and one regiment of infantry at each place . It was almost impossible to with- draw the artillery on account of the state of the roads . I have arranged the remaining troops not in garrisons , about 4,000 men , on the second ...
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... cavalry will charge their cavalry or their artillery if the occasion offers . Colonel Winston will keep his troops in ambush , securing for himself a safe retreat ; and should the enemy advance he will permit their heads of columns to ...
... cavalry will charge their cavalry or their artillery if the occasion offers . Colonel Winston will keep his troops in ambush , securing for himself a safe retreat ; and should the enemy advance he will permit their heads of columns to ...
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... cavalry drove in the enemy's pickets last evening , but 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 ...
... cavalry drove in the enemy's pickets last evening , but 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 ...
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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