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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... formed the night previous to the assault in lines parallel to the advance line and near it ? Answer . They were formed in that position as nearly as possible , all of the ad- vanced division being formed exactly in that way . Question ...
... formed the night previous to the assault in lines parallel to the advance line and near it ? Answer . They were formed in that position as nearly as possible , all of the ad- vanced division being formed exactly in that way . Question ...
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United States. War Department. Question . Had you an opportunity of forming an opinion as to the cause or causes of ... formed a week or ten days prior to the assault . Afterward , with the knowledge I had of the movement of the enemy's ...
United States. War Department. Question . Had you an opportunity of forming an opinion as to the cause or causes of ... formed a week or ten days prior to the assault . Afterward , with the knowledge I had of the movement of the enemy's ...
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... formed to advance ? Answer . When I went to the front I saw white troops moving out by the flank into the crater and the trenches near . I say by the flank , but I will explain that they passed along by twos and threes and sometimes ...
... formed to advance ? Answer . When I went to the front I saw white troops moving out by the flank into the crater and the trenches near . I say by the flank , but I will explain that they passed along by twos and threes and sometimes ...
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... formed for the assault- your own division , for instance ? Answer . My own division was to have been formed left in front to move forward by the flank , so that when my troops had passed the line of the enemy's intrench- ments by ...
... formed for the assault- your own division , for instance ? Answer . My own division was to have been formed left in front to move forward by the flank , so that when my troops had passed the line of the enemy's intrench- ments by ...
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... formation for the attack ? Answer . There was no formation further than moving down in rear of the Third Division ... formed . Question . What orders had you to prepare the parapet for the débouché of troops ? Answer . I had no orders ...
... formation for the attack ? Answer . There was no formation further than moving down in rear of the Third Division ... formed . Question . What orders had you to prepare the parapet for the débouché of troops ? Answer . I had no orders ...
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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