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, 1891 - 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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... enemy intends to with- draw to - night . The major - general commanding therefore directs that you feel the enemy at some point of your line to - night ... enemy's works . The demonstration closed between. 18 [ CHAP . L THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN .
... enemy intends to with- draw to - night . The major - general commanding therefore directs that you feel the enemy at some point of your line to - night ... enemy's works . The demonstration closed between. 18 [ CHAP . L THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN .
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United States. War Department. sight of the enemy's works . The demonstration closed between 6 and 7. The enemy did not reply by artillery and kept his infantry pretty well concealed , though there was quite a return fire . Major Angle ...
United States. War Department. sight of the enemy's works . The demonstration closed between 6 and 7. The enemy did not reply by artillery and kept his infantry pretty well concealed , though there was quite a return fire . Major Angle ...
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... enemy's rifle - pits . The order was gallantly executed , the works taken , and some 50 prisoners captured ; our loss not heavy ; Colonel Noyes , Thirty - ninth Ohio , se- verely wounded . This gives Dodge a position about one mile and ...
... enemy's rifle - pits . The order was gallantly executed , the works taken , and some 50 prisoners captured ; our loss not heavy ; Colonel Noyes , Thirty - ninth Ohio , se- verely wounded . This gives Dodge a position about one mile and ...
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... enemy's dismounted cavalry , and commenced skirmishing with it about one mile and a half from camp . They de- layed our advance as much as possible , making a stand at every advan- tageous position from that point to the place where I ...
... enemy's dismounted cavalry , and commenced skirmishing with it about one mile and a half from camp . They de- layed our advance as much as possible , making a stand at every advan- tageous position from that point to the place where I ...
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... enemy's skirmishers at daylight , if you have any in front of you not across the river , and if you could get [ in posi- tion ] the pontoon bridge of the enemy's which has fallen into our hands it would be a good stroke . This is ...
... enemy's skirmishers at daylight , if you have any in front of you not across the river , and if you could get [ in posi- tion ] the pontoon bridge of the enemy's which has fallen into our hands it would be a good stroke . This is ...
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Aide-de-Camp artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta attack August 16 battery bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Captain captured Cartersville cavalry CAVALRY DIVISION Chattahoochee River Chattanooga Chief of Staff Colonel crossing CUMBERLAND Decatur dispatch East Point enemy enemy's F. A. SHOUP Fifteenth Army Fifteenth Army Corps flank force Fourteenth Army Fourteenth Army Corps FOURTH ARMY CORPS front Garrard Hascall HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY infantry intrenched J. B. HOOD J. M. SCHOFIELD Jonesborough July July 28 Kilpatrick last night Lieutenant-General Macon Major-General SHERMAN Marietta McCook McPherson miles MILITARY DIVISION MISSISSIPPI morning move movement Nashville O. O. HOWARD obedient servant OHIO Pace's Ferry Peach Tree Creek pickets position railroad rear rebel received regiments Resaca respectfully Roswell Sandtown scouts Second Division sent September Seventeenth Army Corps SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS STEEDMAN Stoneman telegraph Tennessee Third Division to-day to-morrow to-night trains troops W. T. SHERMAN wagons Wheeler WHIPPLE yesterday