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, 1891 - 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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... fire at long range from a battery of Parrott guns , the enemy's practice being excellent and succeeding in checking the column . The right and left columns were then set in motion and succeeded in flanking the enemy's battery , forcing ...
... fire at long range from a battery of Parrott guns , the enemy's practice being excellent and succeeding in checking the column . The right and left columns were then set in motion and succeeded in flanking the enemy's battery , forcing ...
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... fire from the artil- lery to a fence about 400 yards from their position . Here I halted and kept up a heavy fire for a few minutes , when I received an order from General Jones to move my command to the hill on the left and take ...
... fire from the artil- lery to a fence about 400 yards from their position . Here I halted and kept up a heavy fire for a few minutes , when I received an order from General Jones to move my command to the hill on the left and take ...
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... fire and kept it up until my line was near them . Upon perceiving that they were completely invested by the lines of other commands of the brigade , which were , like with my own , advanced within a short distance of their position ...
... fire and kept it up until my line was near them . Upon perceiving that they were completely invested by the lines of other commands of the brigade , which were , like with my own , advanced within a short distance of their position ...
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... fire upon the enemy , at the same time dismounting . The road ahead being blocked , and having no orders but to follow the Twenty - seventh , I dismounted a portion of my command and formed on the left of the turnpike . We pursued the ...
... fire upon the enemy , at the same time dismounting . The road ahead being blocked , and having no orders but to follow the Twenty - seventh , I dismounted a portion of my command and formed on the left of the turnpike . We pursued the ...
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... fire of their artillery . We moved to within 250 yards of the enemy's line and battery and opened a well - directed fire on his front . After a few rounds I observed that his lines might be easily flanked . I took command of the right ...
... fire of their artillery . We moved to within 250 yards of the enemy's line and battery and opened a well - directed fire on his front . After a few rounds I observed that his lines might be easily flanked . I took command of the right ...
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