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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... letter was received late last night . GIDEON WELLES . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. YORKTOWN , January 10 , 1862 . His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES : DEAR SIR : I ...
... letter was received late last night . GIDEON WELLES . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE , ETC. YORKTOWN , January 10 , 1862 . His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES : DEAR SIR : I ...
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... letter from the Secretary of War , expressing his disapprobation of my having impressed the slaves of Chesterfield County , and directing me to countermand it . In answer I have to state that before the reception of this letter my agent ...
... letter from the Secretary of War , expressing his disapprobation of my having impressed the slaves of Chesterfield County , and directing me to countermand it . In answer I have to state that before the reception of this letter my agent ...
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... letter , I presume meets with the approbation of the War Department and the President . I received a letter last night from Captain Rives , temporarily in charge of the En- gineer Department at Richmond , stating in effect that he was ...
... letter , I presume meets with the approbation of the War Department and the President . I received a letter last night from Captain Rives , temporarily in charge of the En- gineer Department at Richmond , stating in effect that he was ...
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... letter of the 9th 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 ...
... letter of the 9th 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 ...
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... letter * directing me so to arrange my forces as to send re - enforcements , when I received orders , to Suffolk . You do not state what re - enforcements you intend to send ; hence it is impossi- ble to know what arrangements to make ...
... letter * directing me so to arrange my forces as to send re - enforcements , when I received orders , to Suffolk . You do not state what re - enforcements you intend to send ; hence it is impossi- ble to know what arrangements to make ...
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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