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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... troops , which are obliged to be divided to defend the two roads , Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry , 450 cavalry , and a few pieces of light artillery , the larger number being too heavy to bring over ...
... troops , which are obliged to be divided to defend the two roads , Yorktown and Warwick , being when united only about 4,000 infantry , 450 cavalry , and a few pieces of light artillery , the larger number being too heavy to bring over ...
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... troops on the first line could be supported by those from the flanks of the second line , if attacked in front and both flanks . Our troops in front had as strong a central position on that line as they would have had on the second ...
... troops on the first line could be supported by those from the flanks of the second line , if attacked in front and both flanks . Our troops in front had as strong a central position on that line as they would have had on the second ...
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... troops , yet such for- midable preparations are being made at the North - of steel - clad ships and floating mortar batteries - that no time should be lost in preparing adequate means to resist such an attack . For this purpose the 64 ...
... troops , yet such for- midable preparations are being made at the North - of steel - clad ships and floating mortar batteries - that no time should be lost in preparing adequate means to resist such an attack . For this purpose the 64 ...
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... troops ; but the propriety of making either of these movements depends entirely upon the comple- tion of the works on this Peninsula , for if I leave them in their present state , defended with few troops , the enemy will advance from ...
... troops ; but the propriety of making either of these movements depends entirely upon the comple- tion of the works on this Peninsula , for if I leave them in their present state , defended with few troops , the enemy will advance from ...
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... troops at Newport News as to cause them to evacuate the fort . The demoralization to our troops under similar circumstances has been produced by a concentration of fire from many ships at differ- ent points . No important advantages can ...
... troops at Newport News as to cause them to evacuate the fort . The demoralization to our troops under similar circumstances has been produced by a concentration of fire from many ships at differ- ent points . No important advantages can ...
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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