The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Confederate States of America |
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advance Aide-de-Camp ammunition April ARMY CORPS ARMY OF VIRGINIA arrived artillery attack Baltimore battery bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Chief of Staff Colonel command of Major-General commanding general directs Company Court-House Creek DEPARTMENT dispatch duty E. V. SUMNER enemy enemy's F. J. PORTER fire flank force Fort Monroe front guard guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY honor infantry June Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Major Major-General Major-General McClellan Manassas mand McClellan McDowell miles morning move night o'clock obedient servant officers Ohio Pennsylvania Reserve Pennsylvania Volunteers pickets Pleasonton position POTOMAC quartermaster R. B. MARCY railroad re-enforcements rear rebel received Rectortown regiment relieved respectfully river road Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 17 Sharpsburg skirmishers SPECIAL ORDERS telegraph to-day to-morrow troops U. S. Army Virginia W. S. ROSECRANS wagons Warrenton Washington WILLIAMS wounded York Volunteers
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Page 90 - found, and died doing his whole duty to himself and the Confederate States. He fell with his "back to the field and his feet to the foe." The men under my command all behaved handsomely. Their coolness and courage could but excite admiration. My two corporals and gunners acted well, and shot beautifully. My sergeants assisted the weary
Page 412 - ARTICLE 51. No officer or soldier shall do violence to any person who brings provisions or other necessaries to the camp, garrison, or quarters of the forces of the United States, employed in any parts out of the said States, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as a court-martial shall direct.
Page 221 - they should use great care, as he is going to ambush the roads in that vicinity. I arrived back at camp at this place at tí p. in. 29th instant. Command all safe and in good condition. I have the honor to be, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Page 337 - it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus for the public safety, you personally, or through the officer in command at the point where resistance occurs, are authorized to suspend that writ. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the undersigned devolves on
Page 251 - the honor to submit my annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30,1865, called for in your General Orders, No. 39, of July 1, of the present year. By reference to my report of last year, rendered on the 28th of August, 1864, and which you did me
Page 412 - or colors to plunder and pillage, every such offender, being duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial. ARTICLE 54. All officers
Page 321 - proceed forthwith to mature a plan under the twentyfourth section of the act of Congress entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia,
Page 440 - the llth of February the House of Representatives adopted a resolution requesting the President, if not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate "the reasons that had induced him to assemble so large a number of troops in this city, and why they
Page 497 - being as I am unable to ride in the saddle or to walk by reason of dropsy in my feet and legs and paralysis in the small of my back—I shall definitively retire from the Army. I have the honor to be, with high respect, your most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. (Copy called for by resolution of the Senate, February
Page 571 - of transportation here to send it forward in time to be of service in your present operations. Telegraph frequently, and all in the power of the Government shall be done to sustain you as occasion may require. EDWIN M. STANTON, [11.] Secretary of War. SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, No. 101. ) Camp near