TitleThe War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies / published under the direction of the Secretary of War ....
PublishedWashington : G.P.O., 1880-1901.
Description70 v. in 128 ; 24 cm.
General NoteRobert 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 to 1901 edited by Fred C. Ainsworth and Joseph W. Kirkley.
Edited in the War Records Office, 1880-July 1899; in the Record and Pension Office, July 1899-1901.
Issued also in series: Mis. doc., beginning with 47th Con., 1st sess., House of Representatives, no. 54,through 56th Cong., 1st sess., House of Representatives, no. 678.
Series 1 (serial no. 1-111; serial no. 112-113 not published) comprises formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of the United States property in the Southern States, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, orders, and returns relating especially thereto. 1880-1898. 53 v. in 111.
Series 2 (serial no. 114-121) comprises 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. 1894 [i.e., 1898]-1899. 8 v.
Series 3 (serial no. 122-126) comprises correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Union authorities, embracing their correspondence with the Confederate officials, not relating especially to the subjects of the 1st and 2d series. It embraces 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 authorites. 1899-1900. 5 v.
Series 4 (serial no. 127-129) comprises correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Confederate authorities, similar to that indicated for the Union officials, as of the 3rd series, but excluding the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in that series. 1900. 3 v.
General index and additions and corrections (serial no. 130). 1901. 1 v.
Each number has special index. Inserted in each volume: Additions and corrections .... Washington : G.P.O., 1902.
Series 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include "Alternate designations of organizations mentioned."
Form AvailableAlso available on the World Wide Web through the Making of America web site.
SubjectsConfederate States of America -- History -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
Other AuthorsScott, Robert N. (Robert Nicholson), 1838-1887.
Lazelle, Henry Martyn, 1832-
Davis, George B. (George Breckenridge), 1847-1914.
Perry, Leslie J.
Kirkley, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1841-1912.
Ainsworth, Frederick Crayton, 1852-1934.
Moodey, John S. (John Sheldon), b. 1842.
Cowles, Calvin D. (Calvin Duvall), 1849-
OrganizationsUnited States. War Dept.
United States. War Records Office.
United States. Record and Pension Office.
United States. Congress. House.
Other TitlesOfficial records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Electronic Res. http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html
LC Card Number03-3452//r50
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: E 464 U6 [All other vols.]
mq86253: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
 WRHS Research Library: E 464 U6, v. 130 [Index]
mq240286: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
[Record 49800]