The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesSeries I: Contains the 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, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the "reports" proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order. Volume XIV. 1885. (Vol. 14, Chap. 26) Chapter XXVI - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida. Apr 12, 1862-Jun 11, 1863. |
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... river before being stopped by their pickets . No sign of a renewed attempt could be discovered . In my report of the engagement I stated that I felt confident the enemy had suffered severely . I can now re- port that on the morning ...
... river before being stopped by their pickets . No sign of a renewed attempt could be discovered . In my report of the engagement I stated that I felt confident the enemy had suffered severely . I can now re- port that on the morning ...
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... river and cut Halleck off from intercourse with the North . The river is subject to convenient attack for more than 100 miles . It seems evident that Halleck is now in position to be utterly destroyed . If defeated in battle , he cannot ...
... river and cut Halleck off from intercourse with the North . The river is subject to convenient attack for more than 100 miles . It seems evident that Halleck is now in position to be utterly destroyed . If defeated in battle , he cannot ...
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... River . It is also evident that the true line of retreat of the forces at this point is along the Mobile and Ohio road toward Meridian and thence toward Montgomery , so as to be able , as a last resort , to unite with the armies of the ...
... River . It is also evident that the true line of retreat of the forces at this point is along the Mobile and Ohio road toward Meridian and thence toward Montgomery , so as to be able , as a last resort , to unite with the armies of the ...
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advance Alabama April April 28 artillery Assistant Adjutant-General Baldwyn battalion battery Booneville BRAXTON BRAGG bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Chattanooga Colonel command companies Corinth CORINTH ROAD corps Creek Cumberland Gap D. C. BUELL Decatur DEPARTMENT OF EAST direction dispatch division duty E. M. STANTON EARL VAN DORN East Tennessee enemy enemy's Farmington force Fort Henry G. T. BEAUREGARD guard gunboats guns H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT Huntsville Illinois infantry June Kentucky KIRBY SMITH Knoxville Major-General BUELL Major-General HALLECK March March 23 Memphis miles Miss MISSISSIPPI morning move movement Nashville O. M. MITCHEL obedient servant officers pickets Pittsburg POLK POPE position Purdy railroad re-enforcements rear received regiments respectfully Richmond river Saint Louis Savannah Secretary Secretary of War sent SPECIAL ORDERS telegraph Tenn to-day to-morrow troops Tuscumbia U. S. GRANT Volunteers W. T. SHERMAN yesterday