The War of the Rebellion, Vol. 27: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; In Three Parts; Part I-Reports (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The War of the Rebellion\nBy an act approved June 23, 1874, Congress made an appropriation to enable the Secretary of War to begin the publication of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, both of the Union and Confed crate Armies, and directed him to have copied for the Public Printer all reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders not heretofore copied or printed, and properly arranged in chronological order. Appropriations for continuing such preparation have been made from time to time, and the act approved June 16, 1880, has provided for the printing and binding, under direction of the Secretary of War, of copies of a compilation of the Official Records (union and Con federate) of the War of the Rebellion, so far as the same may be ready for publication, during the fiscal year; and that of said number, copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, copies for the use of the Senate, and copies for the use of the Executive Departments. This compilation will be the first general publication of the military records of the war, and will embrace all official documents that can be obtained by the compiler, and that appear to be of any historical value.