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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... instant , in consequence of a wound received in the action of the pre- vious day , I have not had it in my power at an earlier date to prepare the official report , which I now have the honor to submit , of the pro- ceedings on the 8th ...
... instant , in consequence of a wound received in the action of the pre- vious day , I have not had it in my power at an earlier date to prepare the official report , which I now have the honor to submit , of the pro- ceedings on the 8th ...
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... instant I forwarded to the Department correct lists of the casualties on board all the vessels of the squadron on the 8th ; none , it appears , occurred on the 9th . While in the act of closing this report I received the communication ...
... instant I forwarded to the Department correct lists of the casualties on board all the vessels of the squadron on the 8th ; none , it appears , occurred on the 9th . While in the act of closing this report I received the communication ...
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... instant measures will be taken to advise and strengthen Flag - Officer Goldsborough , but unless such be the case , I should be extremely reluctant to take any measure that would even tempo- rarily weaken the efficacy of the blockade ...
... instant measures will be taken to advise and strengthen Flag - Officer Goldsborough , but unless such be the case , I should be extremely reluctant to take any measure that would even tempo- rarily weaken the efficacy of the blockade ...
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... instant , just received , I take pleasure in expressing my gratification at the movements and dispositions that you have made , and hope that you may be able to re- strict the advances of the enemy and securely maintain your own posi ...
... instant , just received , I take pleasure in expressing my gratification at the movements and dispositions that you have made , and hope that you may be able to re- strict the advances of the enemy and securely maintain your own posi ...
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... instant that the roads here were in extremely bad order . They are so much worse that it is very doubtful if artillery can be carried down the country , and it will be positively necessary to diminish the usual amount of ammuni- tion by ...
... instant that the roads here were in extremely bad order . They are so much worse that it is very doubtful if artillery can be carried down the country , and it will be positively necessary to diminish the usual amount of ammuni- tion by ...
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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