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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... fire from the moment of the establishment of the line , on the 18th or 19th of June , until that time ; that they were very much wearied , had contracted a habit of covering themselves by every method within their reach , and that I was ...
... fire from the moment of the establishment of the line , on the 18th or 19th of June , until that time ; that they were very much wearied , had contracted a habit of covering themselves by every method within their reach , and that I was ...
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... fire was very light indeed , and had the advance troops been in condition to assault and made the kind of an assault ... fire both of musketry and artillery was very light . What I mean by a long time is fifteen minutes , say . Question ...
... fire was very light indeed , and had the advance troops been in condition to assault and made the kind of an assault ... fire both of musketry and artillery was very light . What I mean by a long time is fifteen minutes , say . Question ...
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... fire as to effectiveness on that occa- sion ? Answer . It completely silenced the batteries of the enemy that were in position and had been in position previous to this day on the Fifth Corps front . I had nothing to do with the right ...
... fire as to effectiveness on that occa- sion ? Answer . It completely silenced the batteries of the enemy that were in position and had been in position previous to this day on the Fifth Corps front . I had nothing to do with the right ...
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... fire . I tried to make a similar assault there on the 18th of June , and that very same battery that operated on the left flank of Burnside's force that day was in op- eration on the previous occasion , and stopped all my efforts ...
... fire . I tried to make a similar assault there on the 18th of June , and that very same battery that operated on the left flank of Burnside's force that day was in op- eration on the previous occasion , and stopped all my efforts ...
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... fire from the enemy's batteries . It was reported that the stream running through the marsh was bridged in one place by a narrow bridge , where we crossed it , and that it was a difficult place for troops to pass over . When I got there ...
... fire from the enemy's batteries . It was reported that the stream running through the marsh was bridged in one place by a narrow bridge , where we crossed it , and that it was a difficult place for troops to pass over . When I got there ...
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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