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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... movement from Cold Harbor to the James River has been made with great celerity and so far without loss or accident . U. S. GRANT , Lieutenant - General . Major - General HALLECK , Washington , D. C. CITY POINT , VA . , June 17 , 1864-11 ...
... movement from Cold Harbor to the James River has been made with great celerity and so far without loss or accident . U. S. GRANT , Lieutenant - General . Major - General HALLECK , Washington , D. C. CITY POINT , VA . , June 17 , 1864-11 ...
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... movement begins by putting Second Corps upon left of the Fifth , and drawing back Sixth as a reserve , its place in the lines being taken by Eighteenth . These operations , I suppose , will be performed to - night . Next the Ninth Corps ...
... movement begins by putting Second Corps upon left of the Fifth , and drawing back Sixth as a reserve , its place in the lines being taken by Eighteenth . These operations , I suppose , will be performed to - night . Next the Ninth Corps ...
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... movement against this army , which means , if anything , that our left is to be attacked . On that wing both Hancock and Wright are massed . Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON , C. A. DANA . Secretary of War . HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL GRANT , City ...
... movement against this army , which means , if anything , that our left is to be attacked . On that wing both Hancock and Wright are massed . Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON , C. A. DANA . Secretary of War . HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL GRANT , City ...
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... movement seems to have been for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether we were still there . The Richmond . papers have of late abounded in reports that Grant was withdrawing his army . Weather hot ; no rain . Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON ...
... movement seems to have been for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether we were still there . The Richmond . papers have of late abounded in reports that Grant was withdrawing his army . Weather hot ; no rain . Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON ...
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... movement next day . Here are some dispatches which are of no particular consequence , but I will leave them here . They are dispatches from the signal officers indicating the movements of the enemy . General BURNSIDE . I would suggest ...
... movement next day . Here are some dispatches which are of no particular consequence , but I will leave them here . They are dispatches from the signal officers indicating the movements of the enemy . General BURNSIDE . I would suggest ...
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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