The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesOfficial 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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Their houses were fired by the enemy and their horses and cattle driven off . The battles in wbich they participated and which eventuated in their expulsion from their own country and forced them to seek shelter in Kansas forms a part ...
Their houses were fired by the enemy and their horses and cattle driven off . The battles in wbich they participated and which eventuated in their expulsion from their own country and forced them to seek shelter in Kansas forms a part ...
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The enemy having proposed to me to negotiate with me for a general exchange of prisoners and the War Department having authorized me to make such exchanges so far as the army under my command and that opposed to me are concerned , it is ...
The enemy having proposed to me to negotiate with me for a general exchange of prisoners and the War Department having authorized me to make such exchanges so far as the army under my command and that opposed to me are concerned , it is ...
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This pass being given with the understanding that if the party receiving it be found hereafter in arms against the Government of the United States or aiding or abetting its enemies the penalty will be death . Form of release .
This pass being given with the understanding that if the party receiving it be found hereafter in arms against the Government of the United States or aiding or abetting its enemies the penalty will be death . Form of release .
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PAXSON , Forty - eighth New York State Volunteers : You will proceed to - morrow morning by water with a flag of truce to the enemy's lines taking in charge two prisoners of war , Antonio Ponce , jr . , and Ashley M. Shaw , who were ...
PAXSON , Forty - eighth New York State Volunteers : You will proceed to - morrow morning by water with a flag of truce to the enemy's lines taking in charge two prisoners of war , Antonio Ponce , jr . , and Ashley M. Shaw , who were ...
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Major - General GRANT , Memphis : Deliver to enemy's line all your prisoners ( not officers ) , except those guilty of treating barbarously our men , on parole not to serve until exchanged . H. W. HALLEOK , Major - General .
Major - General GRANT , Memphis : Deliver to enemy's line all your prisoners ( not officers ) , except those guilty of treating barbarously our men , on parole not to serve until exchanged . H. W. HALLEOK , Major - General .
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| Title | The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies The War of the Rebellion, United States. Record and Pension Office The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. War Records Office |
| Author | United States. War Department |
| Editors | Robert Nicholson Scott, George Breckenridge Davis, Frederick Crayton Ainsworth, Joseph William Kirkley |
| Compiled by | Calvin Duvall Cowles |
| Contributors | United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2018 |
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