The War of the Rebellion, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint): A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: A Compilation of the ... and Confederate Armies (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Excerpt from The War of the Rebellion, Vol. 2: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

The work of preparing the records of the war for public use was begun under the resolution of Congress of May 19, 1864, by Adj t. Gen. E. D. Townsend, U. S. Army, who caused copies to be made of reports of battles on file in his office and steps to be taken to collect missing records.

Under the provisions of joint resolution N o. 91, of 1866, Hon. Peter H. Watson was appointed to supervise the preparation and formulate a plan for the publication of the records, but he did no work and drew no pay under this appointment, which expired July 27, 1868, by limi tation of the resolution. This resolution also repealed the former one and work ceased.

The first decisive step taken in this work was the act of June 23, 1874, providing the necessary means 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 Confederate Armies, and directing him to have copied for the Public Printer all reports, letters, tele grams, and general orders, not heretofore 00pied or printed, and prop erly arranged in chronological order. Appropriations have been made from time to time for continuing such preparation. Under this act the preliminary work was resumed by General Townsend, who first out lined the plan on which the records are printed, though it appears that originally he contemplated publishing to the world only the more important military reports.

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