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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Page 74
... night . The particulars of the attack I learn from the captain to be as follows : A About 11 o'clock on the night of the 25th some 500 mounted men , well armed , supposed to be Texas Rangers , made a descent upon their camp from the ...
... night . The particulars of the attack I learn from the captain to be as follows : A About 11 o'clock on the night of the 25th some 500 mounted men , well armed , supposed to be Texas Rangers , made a descent upon their camp from the ...
Page 77
... night . Enemy commenced erecting batteries at points of high land , only landing places on river ; little serious to be feared from them . Our floating battery , properly placed , will deal easily with them or any other ob- stacle to ...
... night . Enemy commenced erecting batteries at points of high land , only landing places on river ; little serious to be feared from them . Our floating battery , properly placed , will deal easily with them or any other ob- stacle to ...
Page 78
... night of the 4th Captain Walke , of the Navy , ran the enemy's batteries at Island No. 10 with the gunboat Carondelet and reported to me here . On the night of the 6th the gunboat Pittsburgh also ran the blockade . It Our transports ...
... night of the 4th Captain Walke , of the Navy , ran the enemy's batteries at Island No. 10 with the gunboat Carondelet and reported to me here . On the night of the 6th the gunboat Pittsburgh also ran the blockade . It Our transports ...
Page 82
... night within 800 yards of the enemy's main work , so as to command that and the river above it , and opened fire at daylight on the 13th , just 34 hours after they were received at Cairo . One brigade , consisting of the Tenth and ...
... night within 800 yards of the enemy's main work , so as to command that and the river above it , and opened fire at daylight on the 13th , just 34 hours after they were received at Cairo . One brigade , consisting of the Tenth and ...
Page 83
... nights and a day to the furious fire of the enemy at short range and to the severe storm which raged during the whole night of the 13th , are beyond all praise , and delighted and astonished every officer who witnessed it . The division ...
... nights and a day to the furious fire of the enemy at short range and to the severe storm which raged during the whole night of the 13th , are beyond all praise , and delighted and astonished every officer who witnessed it . The division ...
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advance ammunition Arkansas arms arrived artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack battalion battery battle Benton Bentonville boats Brig Brigadier-General Cairo camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Colonel command companies CURTIS December direction dispatch DISTRICT division Dorn EARL VAN DORN enemy enemy's field fire force Frémont gunboats guns H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT honor horses Illinois immediately infantry instant Island Jacksonport Jefferson City Kansas killed LEONIDAS POLK Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Madrid Madrid Bend Major Major-General HALLECK mand March March 17 McCown miles Mississippi Missouri Cavalry Missouri State Guard morning move night o'clock p. m. obedient servant officers pickets Point Pleasant POPE position Price prisoners re-enforcements rear rebels received regiment respectfully retreat rifled river road Rolla Saint Louis scouts Second Brigade Sedalia sent Sigel skirmishers soon Springfield STERLING PRICE Sugar Creek Tiptonville TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT troops U. S. Army wagons wounded