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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... officers of the quartermaster's department on duty with the " Armies operating against Richmond : " SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 44 . HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES , City Point , Va . , June 28 , 1864 . I. The following orders ...
... officers of the quartermaster's department on duty with the " Armies operating against Richmond : " SPECIAL ORDERS , No. 44 . HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES , City Point , Va . , June 28 , 1864 . I. The following orders ...
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... officer or officers are answerable for the want of success of said assault , and , if so , the name or names of such officer or officers . Detail for the Court : Maj . Gen. W. S. Hancock , U. S. Volunteers ; Brig . Gen. R. B. Ayres ...
... officer or officers are answerable for the want of success of said assault , and , if so , the name or names of such officer or officers . Detail for the Court : Maj . Gen. W. S. Hancock , U. S. Volunteers ; Brig . Gen. R. B. Ayres ...
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... officers , that this operation which we had to perform was one purely of time ; that if immediate advantage was . not taken of the explosion of the mine , and the consequent confusion of the enemy , and the crest immediately gained , it ...
... officers , that this operation which we had to perform was one purely of time ; that if immediate advantage was . not taken of the explosion of the mine , and the consequent confusion of the enemy , and the crest immediately gained , it ...
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... officers and men , that a difference of opinion of that kind had arisen . , and to such an extent that I have had general officers come to me and ask me if I did not think the charge I was putting in the mine was too large . I did not ...
... officers and men , that a difference of opinion of that kind had arisen . , and to such an extent that I have had general officers come to me and ask me if I did not think the charge I was putting in the mine was too large . I did not ...
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... officers , 231 men ; wounded , 44 officers , 851 men ; missing , 12 men ; making a total of 1,150 , which is over 12 per cent . of the command , without a single assault on the part of the enemy or of our own troops . These casualties ...
... officers , 231 men ; wounded , 44 officers , 851 men ; missing , 12 men ; making a total of 1,150 , which is over 12 per cent . of the command , without a single assault on the part of the enemy or of our own troops . These casualties ...
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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