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The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies / prepared under the the direction of the Secretary of War by Bvt. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third U.S. Artillery ; published pursuant to Act of Congress approved June 16, 1880.

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

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This site offers an online version of the 70 volume print edition of primary source material from the U.S. Civil War. The print edition was originally published in 1880-1901. It contains reports and correspondence produced by the Union and Confederate armies and various governmental bodies of the period. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by Robert N. Scott.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (70 volumes in 128.).
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Government Printing Office, 1880.

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Each number has special index. Inserted in each volume: Additions and corrections ... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902.
Edited in the War Records Office, 1880-July 1899; in the Record and Pension Office, July 1899-1901.
FDLP item number not assigned.
Found also in the House Miscellaneous documents of the 52d to the 56th Congress.
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.
Series 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include "Alternate designations of organizations mentioned."
Supplemented by: "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 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). 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.
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.
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Series 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, orders and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-98. 111 v. -- Series 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]-99. 8 v. -- Series III, v. 1-5 [serial no. 122-126] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of the Union authorities (embracing their correspondence with the Confederate officials) not 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. -- Series 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].
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500 . ‡aSeries 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include "Alternate designations of organizations mentioned."
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500 . ‡aVol. 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.
5050 . ‡aSeries 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, orders and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-98. 111 v. -- Series 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]-99. 8 v. -- Series III, v. 1-5 [serial no. 122-126] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of the Union authorities (embracing their correspondence with the Confederate officials) not 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. -- Series 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].
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