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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... GUARD , 99TH REGT . , N. Y. V. , Camp Hamilton , Va . , March 20 , 1862 . SIR : I have this morning received the official report of Capt . Will- iam J. McIntire , commanding Company D , of this regiment , who have been doing duty on ...
... GUARD , 99TH REGT . , N. Y. V. , Camp Hamilton , Va . , March 20 , 1862 . SIR : I have this morning received the official report of Capt . Will- iam J. McIntire , commanding Company D , of this regiment , who have been doing duty on ...
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... guard , of one regiment of in- fantry , Colonel Cumming , Tenth Georgia , and some 300 cavalry ( of ours ) drawn up in line of battle within 1 mile of Newport News and 600 yards of the enemy's pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I ...
... guard , of one regiment of in- fantry , Colonel Cumming , Tenth Georgia , and some 300 cavalry ( of ours ) drawn up in line of battle within 1 mile of Newport News and 600 yards of the enemy's pickets of infantry and cavalry . As I ...
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... guard against the danger to our ports by large timbe rafts , protected by batteries . They regard timber rafts , guarded by batteries , as the best protection for temporary purposes . General Totten says do not neglect the batteries ...
... guard against the danger to our ports by large timbe rafts , protected by batteries . They regard timber rafts , guarded by batteries , as the best protection for temporary purposes . General Totten says do not neglect the batteries ...
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... guard with a force of not more than 4,000 men , after de- ducting the above - named garrisons . I will do my very best with these against all odds . I have withdrawn the troops from Young's and Har- rod's Mills , leaving the cavalry and ...
... guard with a force of not more than 4,000 men , after de- ducting the above - named garrisons . I will do my very best with these against all odds . I have withdrawn the troops from Young's and Har- rod's Mills , leaving the cavalry and ...
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... guard , supported by heavier bodies , between it and Newport News , so that it is difficult to cut off the advanced troops without entangling my handful of men with very superior forces 68 [ CHAP . XIX . OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ...
... guard , supported by heavier bodies , between it and Newport News , so that it is difficult to cut off the advanced troops without entangling my handful of men with very superior forces 68 [ CHAP . XIX . OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ...
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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