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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United States. War Department. Meade ordered him attacked . Failing in getting the attack made be- fore dark , he then ordered the left corps back to the position which they had just left . This was taken without being followed up by the ...
United States. War Department. Meade ordered him attacked . Failing in getting the attack made be- fore dark , he then ordered the left corps back to the position which they had just left . This was taken without being followed up by the ...
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... attacked again at 8 p . m . with Ledlie's ( late Crittenden's ) division , carrying what prisoners and deserters re ... attacked promptly and successfully , occupying enemy's line , and taking some 40 prisoners . Birney attacked at the ...
... attacked again at 8 p . m . with Ledlie's ( late Crittenden's ) division , carrying what prisoners and deserters re ... attacked promptly and successfully , occupying enemy's line , and taking some 40 prisoners . Birney attacked at the ...
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... attacked Lynchburg on Saturday last and was repulsed . He approached the town by the Salem road . The report gives no ac- count of casualties on either side or other circumstances , and I judge from its statement that the attack was ...
... attacked Lynchburg on Saturday last and was repulsed . He approached the town by the Salem road . The report gives no ac- count of casualties on either side or other circumstances , and I judge from its statement that the attack was ...
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... attack . Their opinion is contained in the following letter ( document marked A , Appendix ) . I desire to call the particular attention of the Court to that communication , because it contains the views of the lieutenant - general ...
... attack . Their opinion is contained in the following letter ( document marked A , Appendix ) . I desire to call the particular attention of the Court to that communication , because it contains the views of the lieutenant - general ...
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... attack of the enemy , it seems to me rather extraordinary that when another attack was threatened , after the success , that they should be withdrawn simply because they were threatened with another attack ; but that is the point to ...
... attack of the enemy , it seems to me rather extraordinary that when another attack was threatened , after the success , that they should be withdrawn simply because they were threatened with another attack ; but that is the point to ...
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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