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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... landing of troops . I have a plan which will be presented to you by Colonel Cram , with a map , who will also be able to explain it to you in detail , and if I can be furnished with the means necessary and the co - operation of General ...
... landing of troops . I have a plan which will be presented to you by Colonel Cram , with a map , who will also be able to explain it to you in detail , and if I can be furnished with the means necessary and the co - operation of General ...
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... landing in this Peninsula or on the Rappahannock , which I now think more prob- able , or for an attack on James River . These arrangements required time . I therefore anticipated the emergency . Colonel Randolph in- formed me that I ...
... landing in this Peninsula or on the Rappahannock , which I now think more prob- able , or for an attack on James River . These arrangements required time . I therefore anticipated the emergency . Colonel Randolph in- formed me that I ...
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... landing between Yorktown and Poquosin River , but I hoped to be able to defend a landing between these points by erecting Cortifications there before the enemy made the attempt . In the mean time winter approached and it was necessary ...
... landing between Yorktown and Poquosin River , but I hoped to be able to defend a landing between these points by erecting Cortifications there before the enemy made the attempt . In the mean time winter approached and it was necessary ...
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... landing of the enemy on York River , on our left flank . Fully appreciating the reasons for this advice , and concurring in the opinion as to the many physical advantages offered by the second line , I never- theless was satisfied that ...
... landing of the enemy on York River , on our left flank . Fully appreciating the reasons for this advice , and concurring in the opinion as to the many physical advantages offered by the second line , I never- theless was satisfied that ...
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... landing in force on the Rappahannock might be resorted to by him for the same purpose and might embarrass us greatly . As the York River is broad and difficult to cross between here and West Point inclusive , I do not think it necessary ...
... landing in force on the Rappahannock might be resorted to by him for the same purpose and might embarrass us greatly . As the York River is broad and difficult to cross between here and West Point inclusive , I do not think it necessary ...
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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