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, 1883 - 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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... Norfolk . All efforts to get the Minnesota afloat during the night and into a safe position were totally unavailing . The morning was looked for with deep anxiety , as it would in all probability bring a renewed attack from the ...
... Norfolk . All efforts to get the Minnesota afloat during the night and into a safe position were totally unavailing . The morning was looked for with deep anxiety , as it would in all probability bring a renewed attack from the ...
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... Norfolk . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORfolk , Norfolk , Va . , March 10 , 1862 . SIR : I telegraphed yesterday to the Secretary of War the fact of the naval engagement on the 8th and 9th instant . As the battle was fought by the Navy ...
... Norfolk . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORfolk , Norfolk , Va . , March 10 , 1862 . SIR : I telegraphed yesterday to the Secretary of War the fact of the naval engagement on the 8th and 9th instant . As the battle was fought by the Navy ...
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... Norfolk . The loss of life on shore we have no means of ascertaining . While the Virginia was thus engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off ...
... Norfolk . The loss of life on shore we have no means of ascertaining . While the Virginia was thus engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off ...
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... Norfolk with the wounded and prisoners as soon as he had left the Congress , without reporting to me . The Congress , having been set on fire by our hot shot and incendiary shell , continued to burn , her loaded guns being successively ...
... Norfolk with the wounded and prisoners as soon as he had left the Congress , without reporting to me . The Congress , having been set on fire by our hot shot and incendiary shell , continued to burn , her loaded guns being successively ...
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... Norfolk to fall with the fall of Rich- mond , if that could be accomplished , and to direct all his energies against the latter place . For the present his plans must be somewhat frustrated ; but I consider that the Patrick Henry ...
... Norfolk to fall with the fall of Rich- mond , if that could be accomplished , and to direct all his energies against the latter place . For the present his plans must be somewhat frustrated ; but I consider that the Patrick Henry ...
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advance AMBROSE E ammunition arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battery battle Beaufort Berne boats breastworks bridge Brig brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Capt Captain cavalry charge Colonel Shaw companies Creek Croatan Sound defense DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK Department of North dispatch duty Elizabeth City enemy enemy's February fire flank fleet force Fort Monroe Fort Thompson Foster Fourth Rhode Island Goldsborough guard gunboats guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT howitzers Huger immediately Infantry instant J. P. BENJAMIN James River killed Kinston landing Legion Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General March March 14 Massachusetts Merrimac miles morning Nag's Head Navy night Ninth New York Norfolk North Carolina o'clock obedient servant officers ordered pickets position railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received regiment Reno respectfully retreat returned Rhode Island Richmond road Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shot soon steamer transportation troops Twenty-first Massachusetts U. S. Army vessels Virginia Volunteers Wise wounded Yorktown