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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... fire , which was promptly returned by a full broadside , the shots falling apparently harmlessly off from the armored side of the assail- ant . Passing by the Congress , the Merrimac dashed upon the Cum- berland , and was received by ...
... fire , which was promptly returned by a full broadside , the shots falling apparently harmlessly off from the armored side of the assail- ant . Passing by the Congress , the Merrimac dashed upon the Cum- berland , and was received by ...
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... fire was not therefore particularly effective . The other steamers selected their po- sition , fired with much accuracy , and caused considerable damage to the Minnesota . She soon , however , succeeded in getting a gun to bear on the ...
... fire was not therefore particularly effective . The other steamers selected their po- sition , fired with much accuracy , and caused considerable damage to the Minnesota . She soon , however , succeeded in getting a gun to bear on the ...
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... fire upon us , doing us some injury . guns , however , were not idle ; their fire was very destructive to the shore batteries and vessels , and we were gallantly sustained by the rest of the squadron . Just after the Cumberland sunk ...
... fire upon us , doing us some injury . guns , however , were not idle ; their fire was very destructive to the shore batteries and vessels , and we were gallantly sustained by the rest of the squadron . Just after the Cumberland sunk ...
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... fire was opened upon them from the shore and from the Congress , killing some valuable officers and men . Under this fire the steamers left the Congress , but as I was not informed that any injury had been sustained by those vessels at ...
... fire was opened upon them from the shore and from the Congress , killing some valuable officers and men . Under this fire the steamers left the Congress , but as I was not informed that any injury had been sustained by those vessels at ...
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... fire in return , and shortly afterward upon the St. Lawrence , from which vessel was received several broad- sides . It had by this time become dark and we soon after anchored off Sewell's Point . The rest of the squadron followed our ...
... fire in return , and shortly afterward upon the St. Lawrence , from which vessel was received several broad- sides . It had by this time become dark and we soon after anchored off Sewell's Point . The rest of the squadron followed our ...
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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