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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... necessary that you at once place your post in the best possible con- dition for defense , and do your best to stop ... necessary in regard to the latter , which has a very small garrison . You will make the same arrangements which would ...
... necessary that you at once place your post in the best possible con- dition for defense , and do your best to stop ... necessary in regard to the latter , which has a very small garrison . You will make the same arrangements which would ...
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... necessary to mount it ? Captain Wyman considers more barges necessary than those to be sent . He wrote me that none of them had reached him at midnight , but they were met going down . JNO . A. DAHLGREN . QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL'S ...
... necessary to mount it ? Captain Wyman considers more barges necessary than those to be sent . He wrote me that none of them had reached him at midnight , but they were met going down . JNO . A. DAHLGREN . QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL'S ...
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... necessary , perhaps , to a clear understanding of my opera- tions . When I took command there were no works on the James River below Jamestown , no fortifications at Williamsburg , Yorktown , or Gloucester Point , with the exception of ...
... necessary , perhaps , to a clear understanding of my opera- tions . When I took command there were no works on the James River below Jamestown , no fortifications at Williamsburg , Yorktown , or Gloucester Point , with the exception of ...
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... necessary to erect defensive works in 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 ...
... necessary to erect defensive works in 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 ...
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... necessary for me to ask for re - enforcements of several thousand men five weeks ago , is now considered one of the strongest of my lines , and can , I think , be successfully defended by the troops which are now there , as I reported ...
... necessary for me to ask for re - enforcements of several thousand men five weeks ago , is now considered one of the strongest of my lines , and can , I think , be successfully defended by the troops which are now there , as I reported ...
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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