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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... pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I obtained from all quarters reliable information of the enemy's great strength , which was verified by our observation of the fort and vicinity , amounting to at least 12,000 infantry at Newport ...
... pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I obtained from all quarters reliable information of the enemy's great strength , which was verified by our observation of the fort and vicinity , amounting to at least 12,000 infantry at Newport ...
Page 63
... pickets have advanced some mile and a half up the river , and I am satis- fied that they mean to march up on the left bank of James River , send- ing the Ericsson to silence the guns in the river batteries , and thus free- ing the river ...
... pickets have advanced some mile and a half up the river , and I am satis- fied that they mean to march up on the left bank of James River , send- ing the Ericsson to silence the guns in the river batteries , and thus free- ing the river ...
Page 64
... pickets last evening , but the advance of their pickets and their increasing force admonishes me of the neces- sity of arranging my troops on the second line for defense , from which I have advanced them after the naval action , to be ...
... pickets last evening , but the advance of their pickets and their increasing force admonishes me of the neces- sity of arranging my troops on the second line for defense , from which I have advanced them after the naval action , to be ...
Page 68
... pickets to - day on the War- wick road after exchanging fire . He appears to be operating with a considerable advance guard , supported by heavier bodies , between it and Newport News , so that it is difficult to cut off the advanced ...
... pickets to - day on the War- wick road after exchanging fire . He appears to be operating with a considerable advance guard , supported by heavier bodies , between it and Newport News , so that it is difficult to cut off the advanced ...
Page 69
... pickets , but the enemy had withdrawn . I presume this will be repeated daily until he either gains ground or keeps my forces from Yorktown and Mulberry Island , with a view of attacking a more vital point . I cannot keep my troops so ...
... pickets , but the enemy had withdrawn . I presume this will be repeated daily until he either gains ground or keeps my forces from Yorktown and Mulberry Island , with a view of attacking a more vital point . I cannot keep my troops so ...
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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