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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... boat , but were beaten off with loss , till finally the Merrimac , finding her prize retaken , approached and fired ... boats , and the wounded were removed by dark . Thus closed the tragedy of the day . The enemy retired at dark toward ...
... boat , but were beaten off with loss , till finally the Merrimac , finding her prize retaken , approached and fired ... boats , and the wounded were removed by dark . Thus closed the tragedy of the day . The enemy retired at dark toward ...
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... boat Merrimac , or Virginia , and forced to surrender after the ship was ashore and helpless . Captain McIntire ... boats faster than we , they could , when so pre- pared , overcome any place accessible by water . How these powerful ...
... boat Merrimac , or Virginia , and forced to surrender after the ship was ashore and helpless . Captain McIntire ... boats faster than we , they could , when so pre- pared , overcome any place accessible by water . How these powerful ...
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... boats and landed . Our fire immediately ceased , and a signal was made for the Beaufort to come within hail . I then ... boat and burn her , and the Teazer , Lieutenant - Com- manding Webb , was ordered to cover the boat . Lieutenant ...
... boats and landed . Our fire immediately ceased , and a signal was made for the Beaufort to come within hail . I then ... boat and burn her , and the Teazer , Lieutenant - Com- manding Webb , was ordered to cover the boat . Lieutenant ...
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... boats . The armor is somewhat damaged ; the steam - pipe and smoke - stack both riddled ; the muzzles of two of the guns shot away . It was not easy to keep a flag flying . The flag - staffs were re- peatedly shot away . The colors were ...
... boats . The armor is somewhat damaged ; the steam - pipe and smoke - stack both riddled ; the muzzles of two of the guns shot away . It was not easy to keep a flag flying . The flag - staffs were re- peatedly shot away . The colors were ...
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... boats and other craft and tow them down near the place where it would be advisable to sink them . I wish you therefore to send up some of the steamers to tow down . You have no doubt received my dispatch to send a fast vessel to observe ...
... boats and other craft and tow them down near the place where it would be advisable to sink them . I wish you therefore to send up some of the steamers to tow down . You have no doubt received my dispatch to send a fast vessel to observe ...
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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