Excerpt from The War of the Rebellion, Vol. 7: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 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 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, copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, copies for the use of the Senate, and 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.