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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... yards of the enemy's line to the right and left of it and a short detached line in front of the crater were oc- cupied by our troops without opposition . Immediately in front of this and not 150 yards off , with clear ground intervening ...
... yards of the enemy's line to the right and left of it and a short detached line in front of the crater were oc- cupied by our troops without opposition . Immediately in front of this and not 150 yards off , with clear ground intervening ...
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... yards . I wish to state that whilst at my head- quarters , in order to get a look at what was going on on certain ... yards to the rear . The advance line is about 115 yards from the crater , the main line is about 400 yards from that ...
... yards . I wish to state that whilst at my head- quarters , in order to get a look at what was going on on certain ... yards to the rear . The advance line is about 115 yards from the crater , the main line is about 400 yards from that ...
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... yards or more on each side . Question . To your own personal knowledge , did any of your troops get beyond the crater , and how far toward the crest ? Answer . As far as I could see there were lines formed beyond the crater and at ...
... yards or more on each side . Question . To your own personal knowledge , did any of your troops get beyond the crater , and how far toward the crest ? Answer . As far as I could see there were lines formed beyond the crater and at ...
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... yards from the crater . Question . Please describe the covered ways through which the troops passed from the rear up to your line ; how long they were and their direction with reference to your line of works ? Answer . Both the covered ...
... yards from the crater . Question . Please describe the covered ways through which the troops passed from the rear up to your line ; how long they were and their direction with reference to your line of works ? Answer . Both the covered ...
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... yards , to the right to General Potter's extreme left , and another linextending to it from our old line 150 yards from General Willcox's extreme right , we would have a salient which would have been quite as easy to hold , if not more ...
... yards , to the right to General Potter's extreme left , and another linextending to it from our old line 150 yards from General Willcox's extreme right , we would have a salient which would have been quite as easy to hold , if not more ...
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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