Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 8. Page: IX
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PREFACE.
The work of preparing for publication the Official Records of the
Union and Confederate navies, which was begun July 7, 1884, was
organized under the superintendency of P'rof. J. R. Soley, U. S. Navy,
at that time librarian of the Navy )epartment, afterwards Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.
In August, 1890, the work of collecting these records and their clas-
sification was ably con tinted by his successor, Lieutenant-Commander
F. M. Wise, U. S. Navy, whlo, having received orders to sea, was relieved
by Lieutenant-Commander Richard Rush, U. S. Navy, in May, 1893.
The long-delayed publication was finally authorized by act of Con-
gress approved July 31, 1894, and begun by Mr. Rush. The first live
volumes were published under his efficient administration, and the
important duty of organizing the office for the distribution of these
volumes was accomplished.
In March, 1897, Mr. Rush,having been ordered to sea, was succeeded
by Professor Edward K. Rawson, U. S. Navy, as superintendent.
No change is contemplated at present in the outline of the plan of
publication as approved by the Department. This p)lai includes only
the use of such material as may be certified to be contemporaneous
naval records of the war, which is divided into three series, in the
following order of arrangement:
I. The first series embraces the reports, orders, and correspondence,
both Union and Confederate, relating to all naval operations on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United States
during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels
acting singly, either as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the
world. These reports are accompanied by occasional maps and
diagrams.
In this series the papers are arranged according to squadrons and
flotillas, chronologically; and, as far as possible, the Union reports of
any events are immediately followed by the Confederate reports.
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United States. War Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 8., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192843/m1/12/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.