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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... morning was looked for with deep anxiety , as it would in all probability bring a renewed attack from the formidable assailant . At this critical and anxious moment the Monitor , one of the newly - finished armored vessels , came into ...
... morning was looked for with deep anxiety , as it would in all probability bring a renewed attack from the formidable assailant . At this critical and anxious moment the Monitor , one of the newly - finished armored vessels , came into ...
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... morning , when her magazine exploded and a column of burning matter appeared high in the air , to be followed by the stillness of death . Through the whole day our troops were under arms , and the officers and men engaged at the ...
... morning , when her magazine exploded and a column of burning matter appeared high in the air , to be followed by the stillness of death . Through the whole day our troops were under arms , and the officers and men engaged at the ...
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... morning . The mortars will also be placed . Shot are being cast for all of them , and a full supply will be ready to morrow . The Secretary of War has visited the defensive points and given me authority to draw on any of the regiments ...
... morning . The mortars will also be placed . Shot are being cast for all of them , and a full supply will be ready to morrow . The Secretary of War has visited the defensive points and given me authority to draw on any of the regiments ...
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... morning , after reflection , I wrote a communication to Mr. Hunter , stating that I found upon calculation I could spare but 2,000 , and them only to operate for a short time and within convenient distance , and also upon condition that ...
... morning , after reflection , I wrote a communication to Mr. Hunter , stating that I found upon calculation I could spare but 2,000 , and them only to operate for a short time and within convenient distance , and also upon condition that ...
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... morning , and accord- ingly we weighed anchor ( the naval fleet leading ) at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 5th instant , and arrived without accident off Stumpy Point , some 6 miles from the entrance to Croatan Sound , at 5.30 p . m ...
... morning , and accord- ingly we weighed anchor ( the naval fleet leading ) at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 5th instant , and arrived without accident off Stumpy Point , some 6 miles from the entrance to Croatan Sound , at 5.30 p . m ...
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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