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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... hope , is well assured will be executed with promptness to the letter and spirit . I beg that this communication may be laid before the President through the Secretary of War . Inclosed are copies of two letters from General Lee . That ...
... hope , is well assured will be executed with promptness to the letter and spirit . I beg that this communication may be laid before the President through the Secretary of War . Inclosed are copies of two letters from General Lee . That ...
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... hope that the Peninsula could be defended at all with the means then at the disposal of our Republic , and that was by active and threatening oper- ations in front , to make the enemy fear for himself , while the positions were being ...
... hope that the Peninsula could be defended at all with the means then at the disposal of our Republic , and that was by active and threatening oper- ations in front , to make the enemy fear for himself , while the positions were being ...
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... hope that you will bring the matter before the Engineer and Ordnance Departments . The accompanying sketch of the works will give you a better idea of them than anything I have written or could write . * If these works were completed ...
... hope that you will bring the matter before the Engineer and Ordnance Departments . The accompanying sketch of the works will give you a better idea of them than anything I have written or could write . * If these works were completed ...
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... hope that she will not be ready , and the Ericsson once up the river , she cannot follow . Should the Ericsson attack our batteries on James River , the guns on ship carriages will be withdrawn from the effects of the fire and all the ...
... hope that she will not be ready , and the Ericsson once up the river , she cannot follow . Should the Ericsson attack our batteries on James River , the guns on ship carriages will be withdrawn from the effects of the fire and all the ...
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... hope to defend with success . The enemy is fully aware of my having sent troops across the river , though on Sunday last I sent troops in the imme- diate vicinity of Newport News , and have been operating since with the hope of ...
... hope to defend with success . The enemy is fully aware of my having sent troops across the river , though on Sunday last I sent troops in the imme- diate vicinity of Newport News , and have been operating since with the hope of ...
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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