The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: III
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PRE FA E.
By an act approved June 23, 1874, Congress made an appropriation
Sto 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-
erate 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
110,000 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,
7,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 2,000
copies for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 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.
*Volume I to V distributed under act approved June 16, 1880. The act approved
August 7, 1882, provides that--
"The volumes of the official records of the war of the rebellion shall be distributed
as follows: One thousand copies to the executive departments, as now provided by
law. One thousand copies for distribution by the Secretary of War among officers of
the Army and contributors to the work. Eight thousand three hundred copies shall
be sent by the Secretary of War to such libraries, organizations, and individuals as
may be designated by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of the Forty-
seventh Congress. Each Senator shall designate not exceeding twenty-six, and each
Representative and Delegate not exceeding twenty-one of such addresses, and the
volumes shall be sent thereto from time to time as they are published, until the pub-
lication is completed. Senators, Representatives, and Delegates shall inform the
Secretary of War in each case how many volumes of those heretofore published they
have forwarded to such addresses. The remaining copies of the eleven thousand to
be published, and all sets that may not be ordered to be distributed as provided
herein, shall be sold by the Secretary of War for cost of publication with ten per
cent. added thereto, and the proceeds of such sale shall be 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
he same, who thereupon may designate other libraries, organizations, or individuals.
e Secretary of War shall report to the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress
;hat volumes of the series heretofore published have not been furnished to such
libraries, organizations, and individuals. Hle shall also inform distributees at whose
instance the volumes are sent.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154613/m1/3/?q=Singleton+: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.