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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... rear of the Ninth Corps . General Burnside will form his troops for assaulting the enemy's works at daylight of the 30th , prepare his parapets and abatis for the pas- sage of the columns , and have the pioneers equipped for work in ...
... rear of the Ninth Corps . General Burnside will form his troops for assaulting the enemy's works at daylight of the 30th , prepare his parapets and abatis for the pas- sage of the columns , and have the pioneers equipped for work in ...
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... rear of the old brick wall and chimneys , and is essentially on our main line , say fifty yards to the rear . The advance line is about 115 yards from the crater , the main line is about 400 yards from that , and then the battery is a ...
... rear of the old brick wall and chimneys , and is essentially on our main line , say fifty yards to the rear . The advance line is about 115 yards from the crater , the main line is about 400 yards from that , and then the battery is a ...
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... rear up to your line ; how long they were and their direction with reference to your line of works ? Answer . Both the covered ways were , in general direction , perpendicular to the advance line , particularly just before approaching ...
... rear up to your line ; how long they were and their direction with reference to your line of works ? Answer . Both the covered ways were , in general direction , perpendicular to the advance line , particularly just before approaching ...
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... rear until after his troops should have made the assault , and until he had learned when they would be necessary and where , which I did . General Burnside was to give me word when to move my troops and where to move them . I told him I ...
... rear until after his troops should have made the assault , and until he had learned when they would be necessary and where , which I did . General Burnside was to give me word when to move my troops and where to move them . I told him I ...
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... rear on that occasion ? Answer . Not directly . My division was a support . I understood from the com- manding officer of the corps that my troops were held in reserve for any emergency that might arise or a battle that might be fought ...
... rear on that occasion ? Answer . Not directly . My division was a support . I understood from the com- manding officer of the corps that my troops were held in reserve for any emergency that might arise or a battle that might be fought ...
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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