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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... engaged with the smaller rebel steamers , and after a heavy loss , in order to guard against such a fate as that which had befallen the Cumberland , had been run aground . The Merrimac now selected a raking position astern of the ...
... engaged with the smaller rebel steamers , and after a heavy loss , in order to guard against such a fate as that which had befallen the Cumberland , had been run aground . The Merrimac now selected a raking position astern of the ...
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... engaged first the Congress and passed on to the Cumberland and ran into her , and all within a mile of our batteries . I immediately ordered Lieut . Col. G. Nauman , chief of artillery , to open our batteries of four columbaids and one ...
... engaged first the Congress and passed on to the Cumberland and ran into her , and all within a mile of our batteries . I immediately ordered Lieut . Col. G. Nauman , chief of artillery , to open our batteries of four columbaids and one ...
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... engaged . The terms of commendation used by the flag - officer in characterizing the conduct of his officers and men meet the cordial indorsement of the Department , and the concurrent testimony of thousands who witnessed the engagement ...
... engaged . The terms of commendation used by the flag - officer in characterizing the conduct of his officers and men meet the cordial indorsement of the Department , and the concurrent testimony of thousands who witnessed the engagement ...
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... engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off . The men left their guns and gave three cheers . They were soon sadly undeceived , for a few ...
... engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off . The men left their guns and gave three cheers . They were soon sadly undeceived , for a few ...
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... engaged the Monitor , and sometimes at very close quar- ters . We once succeeded in running into her , and twice silenced her fire . The pilots declaring that we could get no nearer the Minnesota , and believing her to be entirely ...
... engaged the Monitor , and sometimes at very close quar- ters . We once succeeded in running into her , and twice silenced her fire . The pilots declaring that we could get no nearer the Minnesota , and believing her to be entirely ...
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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