The war of the rebellion
Subtitle: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies
By: Pub. under the direction of the ... Secretary of War ...
Contributors: 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; United States. War Records Office; United States. Record and Pension Office; United States. Congress. House
Publisher: Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Sources; 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.

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 I [serial no. 112-113] "havenot 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, wasnot 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. 11̲8, 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. Lazell, 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 G. Ainsworth, 1898-99; from 1899-1901 edited by Fred C. Ainsworth and Joseph W. Kirkley.

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, orders and returns relating specially thereto.  1880-1898.  111v.--ser. II, v.1-8 [serialno. 114-121] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war and to state and political prisoners.  1894 [i.e. 1898]-1899. 8v.

--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 coprs and departments ... 1899-1900.  5v.

--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.  3v.--[serial no. 130] General index and additions and corrections.  Mr. John S. Moody, 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.