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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... forces will commence crossing the James to - day . The enemy shows no signs yet of having brought troops to the south side of Rich- mond . I will have Petersburg secured , if possible , before they get there in much force . Our movement ...
... forces will commence crossing the James to - day . The enemy shows no signs yet of having brought troops to the south side of Rich- mond . I will have Petersburg secured , if possible , before they get there in much force . Our movement ...
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... force could be got in there by the enemy to hold them . He was joined the night following this cap- ture by the Second Corps , which in turn captured more of the enemy's redoubts farther south , and this corps was followed by the Ninth ...
... force could be got in there by the enemy to hold them . He was joined the night following this cap- ture by the Second Corps , which in turn captured more of the enemy's redoubts farther south , and this corps was followed by the Ninth ...
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... forces from Petersburg except three divisions , I determined to attack and try to carry the latter place . The enemy's ... force of only three divisions . This line was undermined and blown up , carrying a battery and most of a regiment ...
... forces from Petersburg except three divisions , I determined to attack and try to carry the latter place . The enemy's ... force of only three divisions . This line was undermined and blown up , carrying a battery and most of a regiment ...
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... force than it had expected , aided by militia . Smith , with 15,000 men , attacked Petersburg this morning . General Butler reports from his observatory near Bermuda Hundred that there has been sharp fighting , and that troops and ...
... force than it had expected , aided by militia . Smith , with 15,000 men , attacked Petersburg this morning . General Butler reports from his observatory near Bermuda Hundred that there has been sharp fighting , and that troops and ...
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... force at Petersburg . It does not appear that that force includes any considerable part of Lee's army . Prisoners say that Hoke's command , Bushrod Johnson's division , and Wise's Legion are there , some say also a part of Longstreet's ...
... force at Petersburg . It does not appear that that force includes any considerable part of Lee's army . Prisoners say that Hoke's command , Bushrod Johnson's division , and Wise's Legion are there , some say also a part of Longstreet's ...
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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