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

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies series, or often more simply referred to as the "Army Official Records" or "OR" series, constitutes the most extensive collection of primary source material of the history of the American Civil War. They include selected first-hand accounts, orders, reports, maps, diagrams, and correspondence drawn from War and Navy Department records of both Union and Confederate governments.
== Publication History ==
Collection of documents 
== Volume Contents ==
== Notes ==
* Author: United States. War Dept.
* Title: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
* Other Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate armies
* Publisher: Govt. Print. Off.
* Place of Publication: Washington
* MoA Volumes: Series I, 1-53; Series II, 1-8; Series III, 1-5; Series IV, 1-4 (1880 - 1901)
:Category:Source: Army Official Records
Info from the Cornell University Website 
http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/war_ofthe_rebellion/series_1_vol_1-29.php - This may be the entire collection
http://www.civilwar.com/resources/official-record.html - good full text source
From http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/tx-wotr - contact them!
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== SERIES I ==
* Volume I (1880)
:Category:AOR (1) Templates
* Chapter I - Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (December 20, 1860 - April 4, 1861)
* Chapter II - The secession of Georgia (January 3-26, 1861)
* Chapter III - The secession of Alabama and Mississippi (January 4-20, 1861)
* Chapter IV - Operations in Florida (January 6 - August 31, 1861)
* Chapter V - The secession of North Carolina (January 9 - May 20, 1861)
* Chapter VI - The secession of Louisiana (January 10 - February 19, 1861)
* Chapter VII - Operations in Texas and New Mexico (February 1 - June 11, 1861)
* Chapter VIII - Operations in Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Missouri (February 7 - May 9, 1861)
=== Volume II (1880) ===
:Category:AOR (2) Templates
* Chapter VIX - Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (April 16 - July 31, 1861) 
=== Volume III (1881) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 03)
* Chapter X - Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Indian Territory (May 10 - November 19, 1861) 
=== Volume IV (1882) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 04)
* Chapter XI - Operations in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona (June 11, 1861 - February 1, 1862)
* Chapter XII - Operations in Kentucky and Tennessee (July 1 - November 19, 1861)
* Chapter XIII - Operations in North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia (August 1, 1861 - January 11, 1862)
=== Volume V (1881) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 05)
* Chapter XIV - Operations in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and West Virginia (August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862) 
=== Volume VI (1882) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 06)
* Chapter XV - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida (August 21, 1861 - April 11, 1862)
* Chapter XVI - Operations in West Florida, Southern alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Louisiana (September 1, 1861 - May 12, 1862) 
=== Volume VII (1882) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 07)
* Chapter XVII - Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, and W. Virginia (November 19, 1861 - March 4, 1862) 
=== Volume VIII (1883) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 08)
* Chapter XVIII - Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Indian Territory (November 19, 1861 - April 10, 1862) 
=== Volume IX (1883) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 09)
* Chapter XIX - Operations in Southeastern Virginia (January 11 - March 17, 1862)
* Chapter XX - Operations in North Carolina (January 11 - August 20, 1862)
* Chapter XXI - Operations in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona (February 1 - September 20, 1862) 
=== Volume X (1884) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 10)
* Chapter XXII - Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia (March 4 - June 10, 1862)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XI (1884) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 11)
* Chapter XXIII - The Peninsular Campaign, Virginia (March 17 - September 2, 1862)
** Part I - Reports (March 17 - June 24)
** Part II - Reports (June 25 - September 2)
** Part III - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XII (1885) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 12)
* Chapter XXIV - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland (March 17 - September 2, 1862)
** Part I - Reports (March 17 - June 25)
** Part II - Reports (June 26 - September 2)
** Part II - Supplement (1886)
** Part III - Correspondence 
=== Volume XIII (1885) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 13)
* Chapter XXV -- Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory, and the Department of the Northwest (April 10 - November 20, 1862) 
=== Volume XIV (1885) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 14)
* Chapter XXVI - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida (April 12, 1862 - June 11, 1863) 
=== Volume XV (1886) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 15)
* Chapter XXVII - Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi (embracing all operations against Vicksburg, May 18 - July 27, 1862); and Louisiana (May 12, 1862 - May 14, 1863); and operations in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona (September 20, 1862 - May 14, 1863) 
=== Volume XVI (1886) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 16)
* Chapter XXVIII - Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia (June 10 - Oct 31, 1862)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XVII (1886/1887) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 17)
* Chapter XXIX - Operations in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi (June 10, 1862 - January 20, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XVIII (1887) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 18)
* Chapter XXX - Operations in North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia (August 29, 1862 - June 3, 1863) 
=== Volume XIX (1887) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 19)
* Chapter XXXI - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (September 3 - November 14, 1862)
** Part I - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania (September 3 - November 14, 1862)
** Part II - Reports (September 20 - November 14, 1862); Correspondence, etc., (September 3 - November 14, 1862) 
=== Volume XX (1887) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 20)
* Chapter XXXII - Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia (November 1, 1862 - January 20, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXI (1888) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 21)
* Chapter XXXIII - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (November 15, 1862 - January 25, 1863) 
=== Volume XXII (1888) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 22)
* Chapter XXXIV - Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory, and the Department of the Northwest (November 20, 1862 - December 31, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXIII (1889) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 23)
* Chapter XXXV - Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia (January 21 - August 10, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXIV (1889) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 24)
* Chapter XXXVI - Operations in Mississippi and West Tennessee, including those in Arkansas and Louisiana connected with the Siege of Vicksburg. January 20 - August 10, 1863.
** Part I - Reports (January 20 - May 15, including the "General Reports" for whole period (January 20 - August 10)
** Part II - Reports (May 16 - August 10)
** Part III - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXV (1889) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 25)
* Chapter XXXVII - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (January 26 - June 3, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXVI (1889) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 26)
* Chapter XXXVIII - Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico (May 14 - December 31, 1863)
** Part I - Reports, Union Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXVII (1889) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 27)
* Chapter XXXIX - Operations in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Department of the East (June 3 - August 3, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Reports
** Part III - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXVIII (1890) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 28)
* Chapter XL - Operations on the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, an din Middle and East Florida (June 12 - December 31, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXIX (1890) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 29)
* Chapter XLI - Operations in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (August 4 - December 31, 1863)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXX (1890) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 30)
* Chapter XLII - Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia. August 11-October 19, 1863.
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Reports
** Part III - Union Correspondence, etc.
** Part IV - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXI (1890) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 31)
* Chapter XLIII - Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia (October 20 - December 31, 1863)
** Part I - Reports and Union Correspondence
** Part II - Reports
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXII (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 32)
* Chapter XLIV - Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Georgia (January 1 - April 30, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXIII (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 33)
* Chapter XLV - Operations in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (January 1 - April 30, 1864) 
=== Volume XXXIV (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 34)
* Chapter XLVI - Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories (January 1 - June 30, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part IV - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXV (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 35)
* Chapter XLVII - Operations in South Carolina and Florida, and on the Georgia Coast (January 1 - November 13, 1864)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXVI (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 36)
* Chapter XLVIII - Operations in Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina (May 1 - June 12, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXVII (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 37)
* Chapter XLIX - Operations in Northern West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (May 1 - August 3, 1864)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXVIII (1891) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 38)
* Chapter L - The Atlanta, Ga., Campaign (May 1 - September 8, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Reports
** Part III - Reports
** Part IV - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part V - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XXXIX (189) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 39)
* Chapter LI - Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Georgia (the Atlanta Campaign excepted) (May 1 - November 13, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XL (1892) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 40)
* Chapter LII - Operations in Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina (June 13 - July 31, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XLI (1893) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 41)
* Chapter LIII - Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories (July 1 - December 31, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part IV - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XLII (1893) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 42)
* Chapter LIV - Operations in Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina (August 1 - December 31, 1864)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence 
=== Volume XLIII (1893) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 43)
* Chapter LV - Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (August 4 - December 31, 1864)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XLIV (1893) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 44)
* Chapter LVI - Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November 14 - December 31, 1864)
=== Volume XLV (1894) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 45)
* Chapter LVII - Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Georgia (November 14, 1864 - January 22, 1865)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume XLVI (1894-1895) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 46)
* Chapter LVIII - Operations in Northern and Southeastern Virginia, North Carolina (January 1-31), West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (January 1 - June 30, 1865)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence 
=== Volume XLVII (1895) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 47)
* Chapter LIX - Operations in North Carolina (from February 1), South Carolina, Southern Georgia, and East Florida (January 1 - June 30, 1865)
** Part I - Reports
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence
** Part III - Union and Confederate Correspondence 
=== Volume XLVIII (1896) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 48)
* Chapter LX - Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories (January 1 - June 30, 1865)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence 
=== Volume XLIX (1897) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 49)
* Chapter LXI - Operations in Kentucky, Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, Northern and Central Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and West Florida (January 1 - June 30, 1865)
** Part I - Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence
** Part II - Union and Confederate Correspondence 
=== Volume L (1897) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 50)
* Chapter LXII - Operations on the Pacific Coast.
** Part I - Reports, Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume LI (1897) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 51)
* Chapter LXIII - Operations in Maryland, Eastern North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia (except Southwestern), and West Virginia (January 1, 1861 - June 30, 1865)
* SUPPLEMENT Embracing Documents Found or Received Too Late for Insertion in Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, and 46. [Note: The number in brackets at the lower left hand of each document indicates the volume to which it properly belongs.]
** Part I - Reports, Union Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume LII (1898) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 52)
* Chapter LXIV - Operations in Southwestern Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, West Florida, and Northern Georgia (January 1, 1861 - June 30, 1865)
* SUPPLEMENT Embracing Documents Found or Received Too Late for Insertion in Volumes 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 45, and 49. [Note: The number in brackets at the lower left hand of each document indicates the volume to which it properly belongs.]
** Part I - Reports, Union Correspondence, etc.
** Part II - Confederate Correspondence, etc. 
=== Volume LIII (1898) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 1) (Volume 53)
* Chapter LXV - Operations in South Carolina, Southern Georgia, Middle and East Florida, and Western North Carolina (January 1, 1861 - June 30, 1865)
* SUPPLEMENT Embracing Documents Found or Received Too Late for Insertion in Volumes 1, 6, 14, 28, 35, 44, and 47. [Note: The number in brackets at the lower left hand of each document indicates the volume to which it properly belongs.]
* Reports and Correspondence
== Series II ==
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2)
Contains the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war, and (so far as the military authorities were concerned) to State or political prisoners.
=== Volume I (1894) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 01)
* The Texas Surrender
* Earlier Captures and Arrests, and Measures of Pacification in Missouri
* Union Policy of Repression in Maryland
* Military Treatment of Captured and Fugitive Slaves
* Confederate Policy of Repression in East Tennessee 
=== Volume II (1897) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 02)
* Treatment of suspected and disloyal persons, North and South. 
=== Volume III (1898) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 03)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., relating to Prisoners of War and State from February 19, 1861, to June 12, 1862 
=== Volume IV (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 04)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from June 13, 1862, to November 30, 1862 
=== Volume V (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 05)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from December 1, 1862, to June 10, 1863. 
=== Volume VI (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 06)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from June 11, 1863, to March 31, 1864 
=== Volume VII (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 07)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from April 1, 1864, to December 31, 1864 
=== Volume VIII (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 2) (Volume 08)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from January 1, 1865, to the end
== Series III ==
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3)
Contains the 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 will set forth the annual and special reports of the Secretary of War, of the General-in-Chief, and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments; the calls for troops, and the correspondence between the national and the several State authorities.
=== Volume I (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3) (Volume 01)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from November 1, 1860, to March 31, 1862 
=== Volume II (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3) (Volume 02)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from April 1, 1862, to December 31, 1862 
=== Volume III (1899) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3) (Volume 03)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from January 1, 1863, to December 31, 1863 
=== Volume IV (1900) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3) (Volume 04)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from January 1, 1864, to April 30, 1865 
=== Volume V (1900) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 3) (Volume 05)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from May 1, 1865, to the end
== Series IV ==
Contains the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Confederate authorities, similar to that indicated for the Union officials, as of the third series, but excluding the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in that series.
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 4)
=== Volume I (1900) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 4) (Volume 01)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from December 20, 1860, to June 30, 1862 
=== Volume II (1900) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 4) (Volume 02)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from July 1, 1862, to December 31, 1863 
=== Volume III (1900) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 4) (Volume 03)
* Correspondence, Orders, etc., from January 1, 1864, to the end. 
=== Volume IV (1901) ===
:Category:Source: Army Official Records (Series 4) (Volume 04)
* Explanations
* Synopsis of the contents of volumes
* Special Index for the principal armies, army corps, military divisions and departments
* Table showing volumes pertaining to contemporaneous operations
* General Index
* Additions and Corrections
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