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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... o'clock the next morning the Merrimac , as anticipated , again made her appearance , and opened her fire upon the Minnesota . Promptly obeying the signal to attack , the Monitor ran down past the Minnesota and laid herself close ...
... o'clock the next morning the Merrimac , as anticipated , again made her appearance , and opened her fire upon the Minnesota . Promptly obeying the signal to attack , the Monitor ran down past the Minnesota and laid herself close ...
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... o'clock in 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 ...
... o'clock in 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 ...
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... [ o'clock ] we ran down to engage them ( having previously sent the killed and wounded out of the ship ) , firing at the Minnesota and occasionally at the iron battery . The pilots did not place us as near as they expected . The great ...
... [ o'clock ] we ran down to engage them ( having previously sent the killed and wounded out of the ship ) , firing at the Minnesota and occasionally at the iron battery . The pilots did not place us as near as they expected . The great ...
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... o'clock train . Have a carriage and conveyance ready to put him on board the Commodore . Acknowledge receipt of this and report progress . If the Commodore is unfit for the service , consult , by telegraph , Colonel Ingalls , Annapolis ...
... o'clock train . Have a carriage and conveyance ready to put him on board the Commodore . Acknowledge receipt of this and report progress . If the Commodore is unfit for the service , consult , by telegraph , Colonel Ingalls , Annapolis ...
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... o'clock , and the whole of the citizens forced to drill and undergo instructions . 4th . The citizens so enrolled to be armed with the arms given up and with those of infantry now in service at batteries . 5th . Send away as rapidly as ...
... o'clock , and the whole of the citizens forced to drill and undergo instructions . 4th . The citizens so enrolled to be armed with the arms given up and with those of infantry now in service at batteries . 5th . Send away as rapidly as ...
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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