The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29

| first and second series such as the an
nuai and special reports OF the secretary
OF war. Of the general In chief and OF the
| chiefs Of the steverai sfaT corps and de-
| partments besides the calls for troops
and correspondence between the national
| and state authorities, on the Union side.
while the fourth series. of rare interest.
covers from the confederate side the
same field as that covered on the Union
side in the third series The first SERIES
however. Is the piece de resistance OF
| the history, ana consists of Ill books or
| parts. with provision left open for the
| insertion OF two more volumes in the
| series In case additional matter that
ought TO go In should be unearthed here
| after.
| The atlas contain. ITS plates, consisting
| OF a collection OF several hundred mans
! OF important battiefieids OF the war
routes of march OF the armies, plans OF
forts, and many photographs OF prom
| inent scenes, places and objects In ad-
| dition are plates Illustrating the marches
| 81 Sherman's army from 1868 TO 1865. maps
| or the whole theatcr OF war In current
| use In iSd1-5; maps OF the Union and con-
| federate military divisions and depart
ments; specimen uniforms, Union and
| confederate. in coiors. and Illustrations
| OF ordnance ordnance stores. appliances
| for the care and transportation OF sick
| and wounded, and union and confederate
| fiags and Union corps flags.
The preliminary operations at Charles
| ton 5. c.. and the secession OF the vari-
Gus Southern states occupy the frst Sc
| rial volume. The second takes In Bull
| Run and other early actions OF less i'm
| portance. The sd. Sth. 18th. Ssd and SSd
| numbers concern the war in Missouri and
| adjacent states OF the West. The 9Th,
| ,oth, list tsd, 9th. 18th and eSth discuss
| the operations OF the South Atlantic and
| Gulf coasts. The battle OF shiloh and
M Ir "A -
| campaigns are detailed in serial volumes
| 10 and IL the peninsular campaign Is
| given in numbers ~ IL and H. and the
| vicksburg campaign in numbers II. =.
| 70. 81 and IS. The invasion OF Maryland
| and Pennsylvania. IN ise2. eliminating In
| the battle OF Antietam. II set out In parts
| q, and .. Morgan's raid and numberlcss
| other raids are described I'm parts 81 ana
| as. The Gettysburg campaign and the
| New York draft riots are narrated IN
numbers ~ TO ss. Chickamauga and al
| He'd operations are exhausted In num-
| bers 60 to &C. and the Wilderness and
| spotfsyivania In numbers 81 10 ca Num-
| bers q to 49, inclusive. are devoted to
| the Atlanta compaign. and three more
| Nos. rs 10 lotto the campaign OF the
| Carolinas. The operations around Rich
mond and Petersburg from 1854 to the
close OF Appomattox are given In Nos,
! "a. a and a. embracing nine parts or
books. The Shenandoah campaign Il
| covered IN Nos 20 and "; the capture
| OF Jefferson Davis II treated In parts Ion
| and 1oi. and parts OF los and ios arc
| devoted exclusively to operations on tho
| Pacific coast
The method OF treatment Of materials
| throughout this unparalleled history Ia AL
| together impartial. nonpartisan and coli
| oriess. The official documents. printed and
| arranged In the natural order OF tho
events OF which they trrat. are allowed g
| tell their own plain. unvarnished tale, and
| no comments. remarks. opinions or npccu-
| iationo are permitted to Intervene bc-
| tween the successive links OF tho MARIA
| tive. Nothing n printed In the volumes
| except duly authenticated coutcutpcrAn-
| eous records OF tho war. Newspaper nc-
| counts and private reports arc excluded
| rigidy.
All. rscords psreaamlng 20 tho preciss
period covered ~ earh voluune zero gone
| over with the utmost earn. and only thOee
worth printing were ee,ecfed. These A.
tor beinK copied. were compared With tho
| originals. ana then cnmp' "A and arranged
chronoloGioally accordinG "a 1ays. and
| even hours. whore there wAa . po1hA to ba
subserved. and headed ard seat TO the
| printer. when the proofs came hack
| every page. report and mssnAge was verb
fed again diligently. TO secure absolute
| accuracy.
| The first definite steps toward the execu-
tion OF tho gigantic work wegW taken In
| 1874. when congress provided Enenns 10 en-
| able the secretary OF war 70 prepnre the
| materials for the publication. but certain
| essential preliminarfes ware gone through
| with ten years before. Tho preparation %
| the records for public use was begun Ia
1864. under resolution OF congress. BY
| Ad1f. Gen. II. u. TownRend United States
| army, who caused copies To be made Of
| reports Of battles on flo IN hts once. and
| devised measures for the collection u
| missing records. He first outlined TIN plaN
| upon which the records have be<A psSoteA.
although has scheme Contemplated the
| publication only Of the moro important
| military reports. untll isT7. however, tho
| work was prosecuted In q desujtory fash
Ion by various subordinate of1C<rx IN ma
| war department Then the secretary az
| wnr, George w. Mcs'renry, seeing that
the undertaking needed the undivided at
| tention Of single head. detailed t4lest.
| Cob Robert ". Scott to devote himself to
| the work. Col. Scott enlarged and sys-
| iemaflxeti the original plan. and manned
| out a minute programme that has since
been followed serupulously. iis was tbs
| organizing genius 81 the history. and he.
| fore he died. In 1877. he had nosnpiled Tho
materials for thir,y-Hix volumna, a. air.
| ty-ninc serial parts.
Lieut.. Col. ~. N. I.axells served ~ Cal
seott'p successor for two years. and then.
| under an act passed Ia isss the prepsrs-
uoh ana puoiIcHfion or the records were
| placed under the centred ~ i t,uarti ~
three EXPORTS. one army offscar ana twa
civilians. Mai. George r. Davis ~as ehox-
en- ~ the military member and Leslie r.
Ferry and Joseph w. Kirkiny az tho
| civilian experts.
The distribution ~ the successive vol
tunes ms issued has been conducted t,uoa
. peculiar plan. in accordance with A law
| 81 the Forty zryenth congress. In fass Ona
! thousand % the Hoo copies have beea ses
aside for the executive Departmental An
other tbepssnd have been reserved ssy fhs.
secretary If war for aistribasfan among
army officers and contributors 20 the work.
and $50 have bees cent 10 such iibrarsen'
historical eDc'efis4. Grand Army pcwtn ana
individuals - were designated 10 receive
them by senator's ana representatives az
the Port y-seyenta congress. zach senator
Was aiiowed 20 glye twenty sta addresses
ard each Representative. twenty -sgme. The
Address Ia t4,iH raset ftss ..ta..