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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... miles , there is abundant water for any ship . About 5 miles higher up is the first obstacle - the Kettle Bottoms . The channel passes among these shoals for 5 miles , and the pilot says 24 feet can be had , which I doubt . The ...
... miles , there is abundant water for any ship . About 5 miles higher up is the first obstacle - the Kettle Bottoms . The channel passes among these shoals for 5 miles , and the pilot says 24 feet can be had , which I doubt . The ...
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... miles in length and some 10 miles in width , inclosed between two navigable rivers , terminated by fortresses impregnable as long as the enemy com- manded the waters . My force was less than 3,000 men , the enemy never less than 12,000 ...
... miles in length and some 10 miles in width , inclosed between two navigable rivers , terminated by fortresses impregnable as long as the enemy com- manded the waters . My force was less than 3,000 men , the enemy never less than 12,000 ...
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... miles and on the south side 44 miles - in all about 12 miles . If I am to express my opinion , I take the occasion to say that these lines of defense are too near the city , placing it in close siege , if the enemy is to be suffered to ...
... miles and on the south side 44 miles - in all about 12 miles . If I am to express my opinion , I take the occasion to say that these lines of defense are too near the city , placing it in close siege , if the enemy is to be suffered to ...
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... miles to the mouth of the Peninsula , known as Mulberry Island , and about 14 miles from Yorktown to Mulberry Island Point , which is the corresponding work on James River . The enemy has at least sixteen companies of good cavalry and ...
... miles to the mouth of the Peninsula , known as Mulberry Island , and about 14 miles from Yorktown to Mulberry Island Point , which is the corresponding work on James River . The enemy has at least sixteen companies of good cavalry and ...
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... miles . As the vessel worked ahead we were several times obliged to wear ship , each time running nearer to the ... miles ; 6 Parrott shell , elevation 150 , distance about 23 miles ; 3 Parrott shell , elevation 160 , distance about 2 to ...
... miles . As the vessel worked ahead we were several times obliged to wear ship , each time running nearer to the ... miles ; 6 Parrott shell , elevation 150 , distance about 23 miles ; 3 Parrott shell , elevation 160 , distance about 2 to ...
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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