The war of the rebellion
Subtitle: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.  Pub. under the direction of the ... secretary of war
Publisher: Govt. Printing Office
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Literary collections; History
Notes: 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.

Vol. 54-55 of series I [serial no. 112-113] "have not been published, and no material for them is in hand."  cf. General index, p. xl.

Series II, 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.

Brigham Young Univ. General Index copy-2 is 1972 reprint.

Flake, C.J.  Mormon bib., 9256

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Accompanied by: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under the direction of the ... secretaries of war / by Maj. Joseph W. Kirkley ... board of publication / Comp. by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles. Washington : G.P.O., 1891-95. (3 v. CLXXV (i.e. 178), fold plate : ill., maps, plans ; 48 cm). Plates part colored. Issued in 37 parts. Assigned no. 261 of House Miscellaneous documents, v. 40, 52nd Cong., 1st sess. (serial no. 2998) Document number does not appear in this copy; in other copies it appears in binder's title but not on t.p.. Inserted: ... Additions and corrections ... Washington, G.P.O., 1902. 2 p. 23 cm. Contents -- pl. 1-135c. Military operations in the field -- pl. 135-161. General topographical map -- pl. 162-171. Military divisions and departments -- pl. 172-175. Miscellaneous.
Table of contents: title: 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, orders and returns relating specially thereto.  1880-98.  111 v.; title: 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]-99.  8 v.; title: 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) 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.; title: 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.; title: [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; title: divisions and departments. General index. Additions and corrections [arranged consecutively by volumes]