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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... immediately they let go their hold on the Congress and moved out of range with much loss . They endeavored to approach her again with a steamer and row - boat , but were beaten off with loss , till finally the Merrimac , finding her ...
... immediately they let go their hold on the Congress and moved out of range with much loss . They endeavored to approach her again with a steamer and row - boat , but were beaten off with loss , till finally the Merrimac , finding her ...
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... immediately ceased , and a signal was made for the Beaufort to come within hail . I then ordered Lieutenant - Command- ing Parker to take possession of the Congress , secure the officers as prisoners , allow the crew to land , and burn ...
... immediately ceased , and a signal was made for the Beaufort to come within hail . I then ordered Lieutenant - Command- ing Parker to take possession of the Congress , secure the officers as prisoners , allow the crew to land , and burn ...
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... immediately at your father's house or some other convenient and suitable place , and to sit as a committee to devise the best plan of speedily accomplishing the capture or destruc- tion of the Merrimac . I would suggest the name of ...
... immediately at your father's house or some other convenient and suitable place , and to sit as a committee to devise the best plan of speedily accomplishing the capture or destruc- tion of the Merrimac . I would suggest the name of ...
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... immediately organize , on paper , all the nurses , em- ployés of the Government of every department , to be ready at a mo- ment's notice to defend the works in front of Williamsburg , and lay aside arms and ammunition for the same . You ...
... immediately organize , on paper , all the nurses , em- ployés of the Government of every department , to be ready at a mo- ment's notice to defend the works in front of Williamsburg , and lay aside arms and ammunition for the same . You ...
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... immediately sent to you . It is impossible to say when the Virginia will be in position ; it is supposed in a day or two . S. COOPER . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , March 13 , 1862 . Hon . J. P. BENJAMIN , Secretary of War : SIR ...
... immediately sent to you . It is impossible to say when the Virginia will be in position ; it is supposed in a day or two . S. COOPER . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , March 13 , 1862 . Hon . J. P. BENJAMIN , Secretary of War : SIR ...
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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