The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 48, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports, Correspondence, etc. Page: v
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PREFACE.
Col. Robert N. Scott died March 5, 1887, before the completion of the
work, which, during a ten years' service, lie had come to love so dearly.
At his death some twenty-six books only had been issued, but he had
compiled a large amount of matter for forthcoming volumes; conse-
quently his name as compiler was retained in all the books up to and
including Vol. XXXVI, although his successors had added largely to
his compilations from new material found after his demise.
The Secretary of War, May 7, 1887, assigned Lieut. Col. H. M. Lazelle,
U. S. Army, to duty as the successor of Colonel Scott. He had con-
tinued in charge about two years, when, in the act approved March 2,
1889, it was provided-
That hereafter the preparation and publication of said records shall be conducted,
under the Secretary of War, by a board of three persons, one of whom shall be an
officer of the Army, and two civilian experts, to be appointed by the Secretary of
War, the compensation of said civilian experts to be fixed by the Secretary of War.
The Secretary of War appointed Maj. George B. Davis, judge-advo-
cate, U. S. Army, as the military member, and Leslie J. Perry, of Kan-
sas, and Joseph W. Kirkley, of Maryland, as the civilian expert mem-
bers of said board. The board assumed direction of the publication at
the commencement of the fiscal year 1889, its first work beginning with
Serial No. 36 of Vol. XXIV.
July 1, 1895, by direction of the Secretary of War, Maj. George W.
Davis, Eleventh Infantry, U. S. Army, relieved Maj. George B. Davis,
U. S. Army, as the military member and president of the Board of
Publication.
Each volume includes a copious and accurate index, and for the fur-
ther convenience of investigators there will be, in addition, a general
index to the entire set when complete, in a volume by itself.
Nothing is printed in these volumes except duly authenticated con-
temporaneous records of the war. The scope of the board's work is to
decide upon and arrange the matter to be published; to correct and
verify the orthography of the papers used, and occasionally to add a
foot-note of explanation.
GEO. W. DAVIS, Major 11th Infty., U. S. A.,
LESLIE J. PERRY, Civilian Expert,
JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Civilian Expert,
Board of Publication.
Approved:
DANIEL S. LAMONT,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 26, 1896.
covered into the Treasury. If two or more sets of said volumes are ordered to the
same address, the Secretary of War shall inform the Senators, Representatives, or
Delegates who have designated the same, who thereupon may designate other
libraries, organizations, or individuals. The Secretary of War shall report to the
first session of the Forty-eighth Congress what volumes of the series heretofore
published have not been furnished to such libraries, organizations, and individuals.
He shall also inform distributees at whose instance the volumes are sent."
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