The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Author/Creator:

United States. War Department

Publication/Creation:

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1880-1901

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. / Pub. under the direction of the ... Secretary of War

Series Titles:

[United States congressional serial set]
Misc. doc
Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. House)
United States congressional serial set.

Variant Titles:

Also known as: Official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Scott, Robert N. (Robert Nicholson), 1838-1887
Lazelle, H. M. (Henry Martyn), 1832-1917
Davis, George B. (George Breckenridge), 1847-1914
Perry, Leslie J.
Kirkley, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1841-1912
Ainsworth, Fred C. (Fred Crayton), 1852-1934
Moodey, John S. (John Sheldon), 1842-
Cowles, Calvin D. (Calvin Duvall), 1849-, compiler
United States. War Records Office
United States. Record and Pension Office
United States. Congress. House

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
Confederate States of America--History--Sources
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

70 volumes in 128 ; 24 cm

General Note:

Found also in the House Miscellaneous documents of the 51st 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 Joseph W. Kirkley.
Supplemented by: "Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under the direction of the ... secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis ... Mr. Leslie J. Perry ... Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley ... board of publication. 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). Document 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 in the field.--pl. 136-161. General topographical map.--pl. 161-171. Military divisions and departments.--pl. 172-175. Miscellaneous.

Additional Physical Form:

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Citation/Reference Note:

LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 99

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990027970810302486

ISBN:

9780918678072
0918678072

OCLC Number:

00427057

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