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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... enemy's earth - works are as strong as they can be made , and the ground is ... line , I was strongly in hopes , by this means of opening the way , the ... line held by the enemy would be a very bad one for us , being on a side hill , the ...
... enemy's earth - works are as strong as they can be made , and the ground is ... line , I was strongly in hopes , by this means of opening the way , the ... line held by the enemy would be a very bad one for us , being on a side hill , the ...
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... enemy's last and main line on that part of the defenses of Petersburg . Ledlie suffered severely , but no figures are yet reported , either of loss or captures . In the night Ledlie was driven back , but at 2 a . m . the rebels ...
... enemy's last and main line on that part of the defenses of Petersburg . Ledlie suffered severely , but no figures are yet reported , either of loss or captures . In the night Ledlie was driven back , but at 2 a . m . the rebels ...
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... enemy's works and lines erected at that time , the position against which he operated was not a suitable one in which to assault the enemy's lines , as it was commanded on both flanks and taken in reverse by their posi- tion on the ...
... enemy's works and lines erected at that time , the position against which he operated was not a suitable one in which to assault the enemy's lines , as it was commanded on both flanks and taken in reverse by their posi- tion on the ...
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... enemy's line , and the fact that the crater was overcrowded with men , General Ord , considering those obstacles insurmountable , confined his operations to sending forward , I think , only one brigade . But General Ord and his division ...
... enemy's line , and the fact that the crater was overcrowded with men , General Ord , considering those obstacles insurmountable , confined his operations to sending forward , I think , only one brigade . But General Ord and his division ...
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... enemy's line as General Ferrero's division , which had not been under any considerable fire from the time of its arrival at this place to that moment . I told him I considered my troops to be as good as they ever were , with the ...
... enemy's line as General Ferrero's division , which had not been under any considerable fire from the time of its arrival at this place to that moment . I told him I considered my troops to be as good as they ever were , with the ...
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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