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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... front of Williamsburg and at Yorktown to oppose an immediate 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 ...
... front of Williamsburg and at Yorktown to oppose an immediate 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 ...
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... front line being liable to be turned by the landing of the enemy on York River , on our left flank . Fully appreciating the reasons for this advice , and concurring in the opinion as to the many physical advantages offered by the second ...
... front line being liable to be turned by the landing of the enemy on York River , on our left flank . Fully appreciating the reasons for this advice , and concurring in the opinion as to the many physical advantages offered by the second ...
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... front by forcing re - enforcements from it to other points , a landing in force on the Rappahannock might be resorted to by him for the same purpose and might embarrass us greatly . As the York River is broad and difficult to cross ...
... front by forcing re - enforcements from it to other points , a landing in force on the Rappahannock might be resorted to by him for the same purpose and might embarrass us greatly . As the York River is broad and difficult to cross ...
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... front of Williamsburg , as the enemy , should he succeed in passing up James River , might occupy those fortifications , now almost without a man , and a great disaster might happen . As my troops were necessary below , I asked for au ...
... front of Williamsburg , as the enemy , should he succeed in passing up James River , might occupy those fortifications , now almost without a man , and a great disaster might happen . As my troops were necessary below , I asked for au ...
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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