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, 1892 - 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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... answer to that I wrote him the following dispatch ( document F ) . That produced a suspension of the order to attack ... answered at 1 p . m . July 28 , as follows ( document H ) . I will here observe that Lieutenant - General Grant , in ...
... answer to that I wrote him the following dispatch ( document F ) . That produced a suspension of the order to attack ... answered at 1 p . m . July 28 , as follows ( document H ) . I will here observe that Lieutenant - General Grant , in ...
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... answer . At 4.10 the following dispatch was sent to him ( document Q ) , and to this I got no answer . At 4.20 another dispatch was sent to him as follows . ( document R ) . I should have stated before this that in order to secure the ...
... answer . At 4.10 the following dispatch was sent to him ( document Q ) , and to this I got no answer . At 4.20 another dispatch was sent to him as follows . ( document R ) . I should have stated before this that in order to secure the ...
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... answer , I received a report , verbally , from Captain Sanders that an attempt had been made to make an attack on the right , I think by General Griffin , and that he had been repulsed . I immediately sent another dispatch to Gen- eral ...
... answer , I received a report , verbally , from Captain Sanders that an attempt had been made to make an attack on the right , I think by General Griffin , and that he had been repulsed . I immediately sent another dispatch to Gen- eral ...
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... answered very positively that it was entirely out of the question , it was determined by the lieuten- ant - general commanding and myself - or rather , as I referred the matter to him and he desired the orders changed - it was ...
... answered very positively that it was entirely out of the question , it was determined by the lieuten- ant - general commanding and myself - or rather , as I referred the matter to him and he desired the orders changed - it was ...
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... Answer . Orders were given in person to Major - General Hancock , about 5 or 6 o'clock on the evening of the 28th , requiring him to withdraw Mott's division , then in his line of battle in the presence of the enemy , after dark , and ...
... Answer . Orders were given in person to Major - General Hancock , about 5 or 6 o'clock on the evening of the 28th , requiring him to withdraw Mott's division , then in his line of battle in the presence of the enemy , after dark , and ...
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advance Appomattox Artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battery Bermuda Hundred breast-works bridge Brig Brigadier-General Burnside camp Capt Captain captured casualties Cavalry Cemetery Hill charge Chickahominy City Point Colonel Colored Troops column command Company Connecticut covering operations crater crest crossed the James Deep Bottom dispatch Eighteenth Army Eighteenth Corps enemy enemy's line engaged Fifth Corps fire flank Fort Powhatan forward front of Petersburg guns HDQRS Heavy Artillery Infantry intrenchments James River Jerusalem plank road July 26 July 30 June 12 killed Lieut Lieutenant line of battle Major-General marched Massachusetts Meade miles morning mortars moved night Ninth Army Ninth Army Corps Ninth Corps obedient servant occupied officers operations June ordered Pennsylvania Petersburg picket portion of report position Potomac rear rebel regiment relieved remained report here omitted respectfully rifle-pits Second Brigade Second Corps Second Division Sixth Corps Third Division U. S. Army Volunteers wounded XXXVI yards