Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 9. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 9.
  • Serial Title The War of the Rebellion: Navy Records

Creator

  • Author: United States. War Department.
    Creator Type: Organization

Contributor

  • Other: Long, John Davis, 1838-1915
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: "Published under the direction of The Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy"
  • Other: Rawson, Edward Kirk, 1846-1934
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Prof. Edward K. Rawson, U. S. Navy, Superintendent Naval War Records
  • Other: Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Mr. Charles W. Stewart

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Government Printing Office.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1899

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, 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 such diagrams and maps as may be necessary" (pp. ix-x). Index starts on page 813.
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 915 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Confederate States of America -- History
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Confederate States of America. Navy
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- History, Military
  • Keyword: War of the Rebellion papers
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - Civil War
  • Keyword: Union Navy
  • Keyword: Confederate Navy
  • Keyword: reports
  • Keyword: navies
  • Keyword: correspondence
  • Keyword: letters
  • Keyword: officers
  • Keyword: military operations
  • Keyword: squadrons

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States
  • Coverage Date: 1863-05-05/1864-05-05
  • Time Period: civ-war

Relation

  • Is Referenced By: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion: General Index, ark:/67531/metapth204522

Collection

  • Name: War of the Rebellion
    Code: WARR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Call Number: W 45.5
  • OCLC: 5194016
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 06035188
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth192844

Note

  • Display Note: "Series I--Volume 9. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, From May 5, 1863, to May 5, 1864." "By authority of an Act of Congress approved July 31, 1894."
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS
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