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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... retreat to Nor- folk after a four hour's engagement , at times the vessels touching each other . The damage to the Merrimac cannot be ascertained . She re- treated under steam without assistance . The Monitor is all ready for her to ...
... retreat to Nor- folk after a four hour's engagement , at times the vessels touching each other . The damage to the Merrimac cannot be ascertained . She re- treated under steam without assistance . The Monitor is all ready for her to ...
Page 41
... retreat , skirmishing to Gloucester Point , and if that work were finished , he would be obliged to retrace his steps or lay siege to it . If he disregarded my approach and marched forward Richmond , General Holmes and myself would ...
... retreat , skirmishing to Gloucester Point , and if that work were finished , he would be obliged to retrace his steps or lay siege to it . If he disregarded my approach and marched forward Richmond , General Holmes and myself would ...
Page 86
... retreat , in order not to be cut off by road from Hammond's house , which intersects the main road through the island above its intersection with the road from Ashby's . During the landing Captain Rowan , U. S. Navy , commanding the ...
... retreat , in order not to be cut off by road from Hammond's house , which intersects the main road through the island above its intersection with the road from Ashby's . During the landing Captain Rowan , U. S. Navy , commanding the ...
Page 87
... retreat was , however , a necessity from other causes , for General Reno had at this time turned the enemy's right and was firing into the rear of their battery and charging at the same time into them , and the Twenty - third Massachu ...
... retreat was , however , a necessity from other causes , for General Reno had at this time turned the enemy's right and was firing into the rear of their battery and charging at the same time into them , and the Twenty - third Massachu ...
Page 103
... retreat , when the order was given by General Reno to charge . The right wing charged , under command of Lieutenant - Colonel Potter , while I led the left wing . Having advanced a few paces in front of the Ninth New Jersey and the ...
... retreat , when the order was given by General Reno to charge . The right wing charged , under command of Lieutenant - Colonel Potter , while I led the left wing . Having advanced a few paces in front of the Ninth New Jersey and the ...
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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