The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 7.: Searching Inside

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... to Florence, Ala. 7, 1862.-Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson, C. S. Army, assumes command at Fort Donelson, Tenn.... 9, 1862.-Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, C. S. Army, assumes command at Fort Donelson, Tenn. 12-16..., 1862.-Siege of Fort Donelson, Tenn. 13, 1862.-Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, C. S. Army, assumes command at Fort... Donelson, Tenn. Skirmish near Fort Heiman, Ky. 14, 1862.-Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, assigned... to command of the District of West Tennessee. Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, assigned to command

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... the flag of truce was sent out. No. 52. Reports of Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, commanding... division, &c. HEADQUARTERS (UMBERLAND ARMY, Dover, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: It becomes my duty... to report that the remains of this army, after winning some brilliant successes both in repulsing... now that, after the battle of the 15th instant had been won and my division, of the army was being... established in position to cover the retreat of the army, the plan of battle seemed to have been changed

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... interest to myself, I simply appeal to your sense of justice, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army..., in regard to the operations of the army at Fort Donelson. Without intending any reflection upon Mr. Randolph... of the army at that place, upon the then existing state of the case as it appeared in the record (the..., all of whom testify that, in the then condition of our army and in the face of General C. F. Smith...'s fresh force of 20,000 men, a successful retreat of our army was impracticable, and that no previous

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... Johnston, C. S. Army, commanding Western Department. No. 6.-Lieut. Col. Jeremy F. Gilmer, C. S. Army, Chief... Engineer. No. 7.-Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, commanding at Columbus, Ky. No. 8.-Brig. Gen. Lloyd... Tilghman, C. S. Army, commanding Fort Henry. No. 9.-Lieut. Col. Milton A. Haynes, C. S. Army, Chief.... Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Missouri, and correspondence with Flag-Oficer..., Commanding. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. . Army, Washington, D. C. CAIRo, January 28, 1862

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... Infantry. No. 37.-Brig. Gen. Lewis Wallace, U. S. Army, commanding Third Division. No. 38.-Surg. Thomas W.... Fry, U. S. Army, Medical Director. No. 39.-Col. Charles Cruft, Thirty-first Indiana Infantry.... Sidney Johnston, C. S. Army, commanding the Western Department, and resulting correspondence. No.... 47.-Lieut. Col. Jeremy F. Gilmer, C. S. Army, Chief Engineer Western Department. ment. No. 48.-Brig. Gen.... John B. Floyd, C. S. Army, commanding division, &c. No. 49.-Col. Gabriel C. Wharton, Fifty-first

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.... REPORTS, ETC. No. 1.-Report of Brig. Gen. George W. Cullum, U. S. Army. No. 2.-Congra tulatcry order... of Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles, C. S. Army. No. 1. Report of Brig. Gen. George W. Cullum, U. S. Army. CAIRO..., O. 8. Army. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. FIRST DIv. C. S. TROOPS, No. 7. % SECOND GRAND DIV.... ARMY MISS. VALLEY, Corinth, Miss., March 8, 1862. II. The brigadier-general commanding the First Corps... of the Second Grand Division of the Army of the Mississippi Valley has been requested by General G. T

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... is accepted or not. I could not return to the Army pursued by the sense of humility, from which death without... Army. SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 196. Richmond, Va... resulted in the surrender of the army, but there being no reason to question his courage and loyalty, his... State? GID. J. PILLOW, Brigadier- General, C. 8. Army. RICHMOND, VA., Reptember 12, 1862. Hon. GEORGE W..., in our personal interview, indicated to my order to call off the pursuit of the army after the battle

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... amount of army stores at Clarksville, particularly flour and bacon, which it will be necessary to move... if the army is to fall back this way. I would suggest, however, that points above Forts Henry and Donelson.... Army, commanding Department of the Ohio. No. 3.-Col. James Barnett, U. S. Army, of ordnance captured.... No. 4.-General A. Sidney Johnston, C. S. Army, commanding Western Department. No. 5.-Brig. Gen. John... B. Floyd, C. S. Army. No. 6.-Col. Nathan B. Forrest's responses to interrogatories of Committee

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... 22, 1861. Maj. W. W. MAOKALL, C. S. Army, Bowling Green, Ky.: We are in great distress in this army... one dollar of assistance towards supplying the wants of this army from the Confederate Government. We... as long as we have credit to purchase anything on credit. An army cannot be supplied without money... which is extending itself through the army and country that it is neglected has a depressing influence... and all the various wants of an army, and you may understand the embarrassments of my position. I address

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... and horses were then with the retreating army. The enemy's cavalry were hanging upon our rear, occasionally... Henry a military necessity, in order to cover the retreat of our small army. Its defense was made by one... to surrender; if not to the gunboats, certainly to General Grant's investing army. The fault was in its.... Voorhies, assistant surgeon, C. S. Army; S. H. McLaughlin, assistant quartermaster; Capt. Jesse Taylor..., of whom 10 or 12 were wounded. Maj. J. F. Gilmer, of the Engineers, C. S. Army; Col. A. Heiman, commanding

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..., Tennessee. REPORTS, ETC. No. 1.-Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding army in the field. No.... 2.-Lieut. Col. James B. McPherson, U. S. Army, Chief Engineer. No. 3.-Col. J. D. Webster, U. S. Army, Chief... of casualties in the army commanded by Brigadier-General Grant. No. 6.-Brig. Gen. John A. McClernand, U. S. Army

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... terms would, in the condition of the army at that time, have led to the massacre of my troops without.... This army is accordingly prisoners of war, the officers retaining their side-arms and private property... of inquiry, to examine into the causes of the surrender of this army. I am, sir, very respectfully, your... obedient servant, S. B. BUCKNER, Brigadier- General, C. S. Army. Col. W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant... report of the operations of that portion of the Second Division of the Central Army of Kentucky which

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... on the former plan of operations, your army, threatened in front and on right flanks by Buell's large army..., the position at Columbus will then become no longer tenable for an army inferior in strength... at present to hold so advanced a position as Columbus with the movable army under General Polk, when its... be to jeopardize not only the safety of that army, but necessarily of the whole Mississippi Valley. Hence I desire.... as far as practicable, specific instructions as to the future movements of the army of which I am about

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...'s army corps was by my order arriving at that time from the West. This force increased the army... of the army, my elective force at Bowling Green was, say, 12,000 men. II. The number of the enemy's force..., but, in addition to this force, he had large auxiliary forces on either flank, and his army was being... eligible depot and base of operations for an advancing army. It is proper to say that at the time... fortifications were commenced at Bowling Green I had hopes that my army would be sufficiently augmented to enable

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... of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: The army supplies and stores which were forwarded to this place having all... been sent forward to Chattanooga, except what may be needed for the immediate use of the army... on this side of the city. With great respect, your obedient servant, A. S. JOHNSTON, General, C.. Army. SPECIAL.... The army will move to-morrow morning at sunrise for Shelbyville. ville. 3. The order of march.... Major-General Hardee will assume command of all the cavalry in rear of the army, prescribe the time and manner

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... have destroyed the enemy's army of 30,000 men. But unfortunately, by his failure in the assault... that the army could not be saved, and that capitulation was all that was left us. In this opinion I differed... of grave errors of judgment in the military operations which resulted in the surrender of the army... was of opinion that the surrender of the army was caused by my grave errors of judgment. I was conscious... the enemy from our front to the right of our position, he was in position to protect the retreat of the army

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.... LEADBETTER, Colonel, Provisional Army Confederate States. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General... Brown, of Company C, and Sergeant Reagan, of Company F. I am satisfied that the Federal Army in force.... Army, colmmmanding Department of the Missouri, and correspondence with Flag-Officer Foote.... No. 3.-Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding land forces of the expedition. No. 4.-Brig. Gen.... John A. McClernand, U. S. Army, commanding First Division. *A private letter and some unimportant money

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.... : I send to you Mr. N. R. Jennings, of this army, for the purpose of placing before you certain... arms at Somerset to the intemperance of General Crittenden, the commander of the army. The President... that the army under General Crittenden and the people of East Tennessee have lost confidence in him..., and that the morale of the army will be utterly destroyed by his remaining in command. All such rumors are frequent... some other general to the command of the army under General Crittenden, relieving him from his present

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... safe. Very respectfully, JAMES BARNETT Colonel, and Chief of Artillery Fourteenth Army dorps. Maj. Gen.... W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps. No. 4. Report of General A. Sidney Johnston, C. S.... Army, commanding Western Department. HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Murfreesborough, Tenn., February... Green, while another superior force, under General Thomas, outflanked me to the east, and the army from... no alternative but to evacuate Nashville or sacrifice the army. By remaining the place would have been

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..., the former about 130 and the latter 150 miles from Prestonburg. The operations of our army may be viewed.... As an assailing force our army is too weak, except by means of sudden and rapid marches of cavalry, acting... friends to join our army and giving us civil and political strength; third, in opening a road for the fat... of the topography of the country and the party strength of our friends in front of our army, that with the prompt..., and Brig. Commissary C. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS, Camp Beauregard, January 2, 1862. Maj. GEORGE WILLIAMSON