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, 1893 - 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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... attacks at each point so soon as threatened . Thence we moved to Moorefield , reaching there Friday , August 5 , and went ... attack . My camp was no place to fight in , being a level , with all positions for artil- lery in favor of an ...
... attacks at each point so soon as threatened . Thence we moved to Moorefield , reaching there Friday , August 5 , and went ... attack . My camp was no place to fight in , being a level , with all positions for artil- lery in favor of an ...
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... attack . In proof of this I refer to the fact that when the attack was made Brigadier - General McCaus- land was asleep in the house of Mr. McMechen , three miles from his camps or any of his command , and further , that some portion of ...
... attack . In proof of this I refer to the fact that when the attack was made Brigadier - General McCaus- land was asleep in the house of Mr. McMechen , three miles from his camps or any of his command , and further , that some portion of ...
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... attack made by it at 6 o'clock this p . m . , and made a bold push to get between the enemy and Strasburg , and thereby compel him to fight . This plan , however , was frustrated by a precipitate retreat , a portion of the enemy's ...
... attack made by it at 6 o'clock this p . m . , and made a bold push to get between the enemy and Strasburg , and thereby compel him to fight . This plan , however , was frustrated by a precipitate retreat , a portion of the enemy's ...
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... attack- ing . This morning I had everything ready , but no attack was made . About 1 p . m . I moved Custer's division of cavalry up the Back road and the Middle road . Pennington's brigade met two brigades of Rosser's cav- alry on the ...
... attack- ing . This morning I had everything ready , but no attack was made . About 1 p . m . I moved Custer's division of cavalry up the Back road and the Middle road . Pennington's brigade met two brigades of Rosser's cav- alry on the ...
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... attacked at the crossing of the Shenandoah by Kershaw's division , of Longstreet's corps , and two brigades of rebel cavalry , and that he had handsomely repulsed the attack , capturing 2 battle - flags and 300 prisoners . Dur- ing the ...
... attacked at the crossing of the Shenandoah by Kershaw's division , of Longstreet's corps , and two brigades of rebel cavalry , and that he had handsomely repulsed the attack , capturing 2 battle - flags and 300 prisoners . Dur- ing the ...
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advance attack August August 9 Averell battalion battery Berryville Brevet Brevet Major-General Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Division Cedar Creek charge Charlestown Chief of Staff Colonel crossed direction driving drove encamped enemy enemy's cavalry engaged fall back fire Fisher's Hill flank force forward Front Royal guns Halltown halted Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg HDQRS horses hundred infantry killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Major-General manding marched Martinsburg Merritt MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION Middletown miles Moorefield morning Mount Jackson moved night Nineteenth Army Corps Nineteenth Corps obedient servant October 19 officers Ohio Opequon Creek operations September ordered P. H. SHERIDAN Pennsylvania picket pieces of artillery position prisoners rear rebel received regiment respectfully road scouts Second Brigade Second Division sent Shenandoah Sixth Corps Strasburg Third Brigade Third Division Torbert train troops U. S. Army Valley Virginia Cavalry wagons West Virginia woods wounded York Cavalry York Volunteers