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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... York early in March , reaching Hampton Roads on the night of the 8th . 1 R R - VOL IX Her arrival , though not as soon as anticipated , CONTENTS CHAPTER Operations in Southeastern Virginia January 11-March 17, 1862 1-71 VOLUME CHAPTER.
... York early in March , reaching Hampton Roads on the night of the 8th . 1 R R - VOL IX Her arrival , though not as soon as anticipated , CONTENTS CHAPTER Operations in Southeastern Virginia January 11-March 17, 1862 1-71 VOLUME CHAPTER.
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... night . The captain of the Sophia bears a letter to the officer in command of the flotilla , stating " that the boats are to be sunk if necessary . " This telegram is sent for your information . By order of General Meigs , Quartermaster ...
... night . The captain of the Sophia bears a letter to the officer in command of the flotilla , stating " that the boats are to be sunk if necessary . " This telegram is sent for your information . By order of General Meigs , Quartermaster ...
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... night . The Monitor is uninjured and ready at any moment to repel another attack G. V. FOX , Assistant Secretary . WASHINGTON NAVY - YARD , March 9 , 1862-9 p . m . Hon . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy : The proposed measures for ...
... night . The Monitor is uninjured and ready at any moment to repel another attack G. V. FOX , Assistant Secretary . WASHINGTON NAVY - YARD , March 9 , 1862-9 p . m . Hon . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy : The proposed measures for ...
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... night with all the force possible to put on them , and when ready send them to Hampton Roads . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy . QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL'S OFFICE , Washington City , March 10 , 1862-3.50 p.m. Major BELGER ...
... night with all the force possible to put on them , and when ready send them to Hampton Roads . GIDEON WELLES , Secretary of the Navy . QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL'S OFFICE , Washington City , March 10 , 1862-3.50 p.m. Major BELGER ...
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... night . GIDEON WELLES . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. YORKTOWN , January 10 , 1862 . His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES : DEAR SIR : I understand that my lines of defense are ...
... night . GIDEON WELLES . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. YORKTOWN , January 10 , 1862 . His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES : DEAR SIR : I understand that my lines of defense are ...
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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