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The War of the Rebellion : A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

By United States. War Department

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Title: The War of the Rebellion : A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies  
Author: United States. War Department
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Language: English
Subject: Military Science, Naval Science, Reference Collection
Collections: American Libraries Collection
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Publication Date:
1880
Publisher: Washington, DC., U.S. Government Printing Office

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War Dept, U. S., War Records Office, U. S., Record And Pension Office, U. S., Congress. Hous, U. S., N. (Robert Nicholson), 1838-188, S. R., M. (Henry Martyn), 1832-191, L. H.,...J, P. L. (1880). The War of the Rebellion : A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/


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Book digitized by Google.; Found also in the House Miscellaneous documents of the 52d to the 56th Congress; Each number has special index. Inserted in each volume: Additions and corrections Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902; Series 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include Alternate designations of organizations mentioned.; Vol. 54-55 of series 1 [serial no. 112-113] have not been published, and no material for them is in hand. cf. General index, p. xi. Series 2, v. 1 [serial no. 114] with imprint 1894, was not issued until 1898; Edited in the War Records Office, 1880-July 1899; in the Record and Pension Office, July 1899-1901; Robert N. Scott compiled and edited v. 1-18, 1880-87, and also collected the greater part of the material for v. 19-36, 1887-91. After his death in 1887 the work was continued by Henry M. Lazelle, 1887-89, and by a board of publication, 1889-99, consisting of George B. Davis, 1889-97, Leslie J. Perry, 1889-99, Joseph W. Kirkley, 1889-99, and Fred C. Ainsworth, 1898-99; from 1899-1901 edited by Fred C. Ainsworth and Joesph W. Kirkley; Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under te direction of the... secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis... Mr. Leslie J. Perry... Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley... board of publicaton. Comp. by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles... (3 v. CLXXV (i.e. 178) fold. pl. (incl. illus., maps, plans) 48 x 40 cm.) published: Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1891-95. CALL NUMBER: G1201.S5U6 1891. Plates part colored. Issued in 37 parts. Assigned no. 261 of House Miscellaneous documents, v. 40, 52d Cong., 1st sess. (serial no. 2998). Documnet number does not appear i this copy; in other copies it appears in binder's title but not on t. p. Inserted:... Additions and corrections... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902. 2 p. 23 cm. CONTENTS: pl. 1-135c. Military operations inthe field. pl. 136-161. General topographical map. pl. 161-171. Military divisions and departments. pl. 172-175. Miscellaneous; Ser. I. 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 v. ser. II. v. 1-8 [serial no. 114-121] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war and to state or political prisoners. 1894 [i.e. 1898]-1899. 8 v. ser. III. v. 1-5 [serial no. 122-126] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of the Union authorities (embracing their correspondence with the Confederate officials) note relating specially to the subjects of the first and second series. It embraces the reports of the Secretary of War, of the general-in-chief and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments... 1899-1900. 5 v. ser. IV. v. 1-3 [serial no. 127-129] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of the Confederate authorities, similar to that indicated for the Union officials, as of the third series, but including the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in that series. 1900. 3 v. [serial no. 130] General index and additions and corrections. Mr. John S. Moodey, indexer. Preface [by Elihu Root, Secretary of War]. Explanations. Synopsis of the contents of volumes. Special index for the principal armies, army corps, military divisions and departments. General index. Additions and corrections [arranged consecutively by volumes]. 1901

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