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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... Miles , U. S. Army , commanding First Division , of operations July 26-30 . No. 22. - Brig . Gen. Nelson A. Miles , U. S. Army , commanding First Brigade . No. 23. Capt . James Fleming , Twenty - eighth Massachusetts Infantry . No. 24 ...
... Miles , U. S. Army , commanding First Division , of operations July 26-30 . No. 22. - Brig . Gen. Nelson A. Miles , U. S. Army , commanding First Brigade . No. 23. Capt . James Fleming , Twenty - eighth Massachusetts Infantry . No. 24 ...
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... miles from Lynchburg . They had destroyed the bridge over the Ta River . Lynchburg is defended , as Enquirer says , by a much larger force than it had expected , aided by militia . Smith , with 15,000 men , attacked Petersburg this ...
... miles from Lynchburg . They had destroyed the bridge over the Ta River . Lynchburg is defended , as Enquirer says , by a much larger force than it had expected , aided by militia . Smith , with 15,000 men , attacked Petersburg this ...
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... mile and a half from the scene of these events . Up to that point the expedition had been exceedingly successful . It had thoroughly destroyed the Danville railroad from about four miles northeast of Burke's Station to the Staunton ...
... mile and a half from the scene of these events . Up to that point the expedition had been exceedingly successful . It had thoroughly destroyed the Danville railroad from about four miles northeast of Burke's Station to the Staunton ...
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United States. War Department. miles , working each way from the junction at Burke's . The expedition averaged forty miles a day , doing the work of destruction mostly by night . They found no great stock of supplies in the country ...
United States. War Department. miles , working each way from the junction at Burke's . The expedition averaged forty miles a day , doing the work of destruction mostly by night . They found no great stock of supplies in the country ...
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... miles . Of railroads fully sixty miles were thoroughly destroyed . The Danville road , Wilson says , could not be repaired in less than forty days , even if all the materials were at hand , and he has destroyed all the blacksmith shops ...
... miles . Of railroads fully sixty miles were thoroughly destroyed . The Danville road , Wilson says , could not be repaired in less than forty days , even if all the materials were at hand , and he has destroyed all the blacksmith shops ...
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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