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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... arms , and the officers and men engaged at the batteries and as riflemen on the beach performed their duty well , and the enemy were beaten off wherever we could penetrate them . All was done that it was possible to do under the ...
... arms , and the officers and men engaged at the batteries and as riflemen on the beach performed their duty well , and the enemy were beaten off wherever we could penetrate them . All was done that it was possible to do under the ...
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... arms of our gallant seamen . It will be remembered that the Virginia was a novelty in naval architecture , wholly unlike any ship that ever floated ; that her heavi- est guns were equal novelties in ordnance ; that her motive power and ...
... arms of our gallant seamen . It will be remembered that the Virginia was a novelty in naval architecture , wholly unlike any ship that ever floated ; that her heavi- est guns were equal novelties in ordnance ; that her motive power and ...
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... arms of those officers . They delivered themselves as prisoners of war on board the Beaufort , and afterward were permitted at their own request to return to the Con- gress to assist in removing the wounded to the Beaufort . They never ...
... arms of those officers . They delivered themselves as prisoners of war on board the Beaufort , and afterward were permitted at their own request to return to the Con- gress to assist in removing the wounded to the Beaufort . They never ...
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... arms for them , which arms I could procure from the colonels of regiments belonging , as they informed me , to their States . I only desired to prepare for the emergency of a landing in this Peninsula or on the Rappahannock , which I ...
... arms for them , which arms I could procure from the colonels of regiments belonging , as they informed me , to their States . I only desired to prepare for the emergency of a landing in this Peninsula or on the Rappahannock , which I ...
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... arms for them from officers who had control of these arms , but were willing to lend them for that purpose . I obtained the authority through Colonel Randolph from the President and Governor Letcher to call out the militia , but did not ...
... arms for them from officers who had control of these arms , but were willing to lend them for that purpose . I obtained the authority through Colonel Randolph from the President and Governor Letcher to call out the militia , but did not ...
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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