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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... means of stopping them is by vessels of the same kind . The Virginia , being the most powerful , can stop the Moni- tor ; but a more powerful one would run her down or ashore . As the enemy can build such boats faster than we , they ...
... means of stopping them is by vessels of the same kind . The Virginia , being the most powerful , can stop the Moni- tor ; but a more powerful one would run her down or ashore . As the enemy can build such boats faster than we , they ...
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... means of ascertaining . While the Virginia was thus engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off . The men left their guns and gave three cheers ...
... means of ascertaining . While the Virginia was thus engaged in getting her position for attacking the Congress the prisoners state it was believed on board that ship that we had hauled off . The men left their guns and gave three cheers ...
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... means to board with . The Merrimac has iron sides , sloping above water to a deck about 9 feet wide . Said to be an ... mean to give you the order to do so , but to relieve you from that grave sense of responsibility which every good ...
... means to board with . The Merrimac has iron sides , sloping above water to a deck about 9 feet wide . Said to be an ... mean to give you the order to do so , but to relieve you from that grave sense of responsibility which every good ...
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... mean time I will venture the remark that I have taken not only the best but the only way of successfully defending this Penin- sula with the means at my disposal , and that its defense will be success- ful . I did not call out the ...
... mean time I will venture the remark that I have taken not only the best but the only way of successfully defending this Penin- sula with the means at my disposal , and that its defense will be success- ful . I did not call out the ...
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... means then at the disposal of our Republic , and that was by active and threatening oper- ations in front , to make ... mean time winter approached and it was necessary to decide where the troops should build winter quarters . I directed ...
... means then at the disposal of our Republic , and that was by active and threatening oper- ations in front , to make ... mean time winter approached and it was necessary to decide where the troops should build winter quarters . I directed ...
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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