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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... enemy fear for himself , while the positions were being most vigorously fortified in rear . This plan was adopted by me , and the enemy on his first advance , with a force of five to one against us , having been repulsed and severely ...
... enemy fear for himself , while the positions were being most vigorously fortified in rear . This plan was adopted by me , and the enemy on his first advance , with a force of five to one against us , having been repulsed and severely ...
Page 87
... enemy's position through the swamp on that side . General Parke next came up with his brigade , and I directed him to push forward to the right , following the Twenty - third and Twenty - seventh Massachusetts in the attempt to turn the ...
... enemy's position through the swamp on that side . General Parke next came up with his brigade , and I directed him to push forward to the right , following the Twenty - third and Twenty - seventh Massachusetts in the attempt to turn the ...
Page 96
... enemy's fire was returned , and his pickets retired rapidly to and down the main road , followed by the skirmishers . Advancing to about a mile from the ford , they reported having discovered the enemy in position , apparently about ...
... enemy's fire was returned , and his pickets retired rapidly to and down the main road , followed by the skirmishers . Advancing to about a mile from the ford , they reported having discovered the enemy in position , apparently about ...
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... enemy . Before my brigade could advance on the road , it being still occupied by General Reno I received orders from the general com- manding to detach a regiment and hold the landing and bivouac grounds , and prevent the enemy from ...
... enemy . Before my brigade could advance on the road , it being still occupied by General Reno I received orders from the general com- manding to detach a regiment and hold the landing and bivouac grounds , and prevent the enemy from ...
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... enemy , but because they could not be brought to bear on them ceased firing . But what says General Huger ? " The enemy selected a position in which only three guns bore on them . " Ah , and were the five batteries so located that an ...
... enemy , but because they could not be brought to bear on them ceased firing . But what says General Huger ? " The enemy selected a position in which only three guns bore on them . " Ah , and were the five batteries so located that an ...
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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