(Ji,^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 760 373 1 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. BOARD OF PUBLICATION. MAJOR GEORGE W. DAVIS, United Statks Army. LESLIE J. PERRY, Civilian Expert. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Civilian Expert. WASHINGTON: aoVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1896. L-*i"'l MOV 19 ^^^^ REPORT BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAE EECOEDS. War Department, War Records Office, Washinr/ton, June 30, 1896. Sir ; The Board of Publication of the. Official Eecords of the Eebel- lioii begs to submit the following- report of its operations during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896: Eleven thousand copies eacli of Vols. XLVI, Parts II and III; XLVII, Parts I, II, and III, and XLVIII, Part I, have been printed and distributed during the year. These volumes cover the final cam- paigns of the war in Virginia, the Carolmas, and the trans-Mississippi region. Vol. XLVIII, Part II, will be issued in a few weeks. The final part of the Atlas (No. 35) was issued during the year, which completed the work as planned; but it was found necessary to publish three additional plates for insertion in Part XXVII. These Avere accordingly printed and will be issued during the coming month. An index and table of contents to the Atlas has just been completed and will shortly be issued, which will greatly facilitate reference to the maps accomi)anying the various reports. Work upon the general index to the first Series of the War Pecords has been continued throughout the year, and it is now up with current issues. This index can not be completed until the last volume of Series I is published. The examination of files and archives and the work of selecting, copying, and comparing material for the remaining volumes of the sev- eral series have been continued without interruption. The following notes of work accomplished within the year in the several departments of publication will convey some idea of the variety and amount of labor performed in connection with the preparation and publication of these records: 92,772 books have been received from the printer and 83,227 distributed; 30,9(J8 copies of parts of the Atlas to accompany the Offi- cial Eecords of the Eebellion have been received and 20,189 distributed ; 3,900 letters, cards, etc., have been leceis^ed and 7,200 letters, cards, circulars, etc., have been mailed in response to inquiries; 103,000 labels for addresses have been printed and compared; 7 books have been indexed wholly or in part, and this involved the i)reparation of 87,000 reference cards; 49,000 folios of manuscript were prepared and verified and 8,250 pages of proofs in galleys and page form were verified, cor- rected, and prepared for publication. The work remaining to be done consists in completing Series I, of which there will be four more books; a supplement of probably four books, and a general index of book indexes, making a total in the series that is taken up with the active operations of war of 110 books in all. The Atlas, consisting of 178 plates, may be considered as a part of this series. 3 4 REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. If present progress is continued tlirougli the next fiscal year the records of military operations proper, such as battles, campaigns, and other active operations, will be completed by the 30th of June next, and the general index of this series will shortly thereafter be ready to send to the i^rinter. The records to be embraced in the second, third, and fourth series are nearly all selected and copied ; five volumes are in type and several more are about ready for the x)rinter. The total number of employees engaged in the compilation, publica- tion, and distribution of the records is 59. Before the close of the next fiscal year this number will be reduced probably to 50, the princii)al reduction being in the force of copyists. There will then be very little work of this class remaining to be done. The estimates submitted this year for a continuation of the work con- template a reduction in the appropriation of $20,000 from the amount heretofore appropriated annually. The close of the present fiscal year finds 101 volumes of the work issued and distributed to beneficiaries, with 8 more volumes in tyj)e. The Atlas of maps has also been completed, with the exce})tion of the index, which Avill be issued in September. It consists of 178 litho- graphed plates, containing maps showing the positions and movements of troops on all the more prominent and many of the less important battle-fields of the war, and embracing much other material of great value to the historian and the student seeking knowledge of a military character. The Atlas was published in paper-covered parts or pam- phlets of 5 plates each, and distributed to beneficiaries as issued. SURPLUS VOLUMES. The act of 1882 has been interpreted to mean that when an individual or organization is designated to receive this work, such individual or organization becomes entitled to receive from the War Department the continuous publication. In the event of the death of a recipient, the Department has, in all cases, endeavored to communicate with the legal heirs, and when proper evidence was received, proving them to be such, the distribution has been continued to the legal heirs. In many cases, however, it has been found impossible to locate the executors or admin- istrators, and in all such cases, the remaining issues due deceased bene- ficiaries have been retained in this office. As the law appears to be very explicit upon this point, that the i^erson designated becomes entitled to the entire publication, there seems to be no authority for the disposal of this accumulation, except through Congress. The act of January 12, 1895, authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish complete sets to each Senator and Member of the Fifty-third Congress, not already entitled by law to receive the same, and authorizing him (the Secretary) to use for the purpose such incomplete sets as remain on hand uncalled for by beneficiaries designated to receive them under the several acts providing for the distribution of these records, enabled the office to distribute about 15,000 volumes. The accumulation, how- ever, is constantly increasing, and will continue to increase from year to year, unless authority is obtained from Congress for the disposition of the incomplete sets referred to. The number of volumes now stored in the War Department, including those set aside for sale, number 56,242, and 15,000 copies of the several parts of the Atlas. The act of Congress approved August 7, 1882, provides that "the remaining copies (700) of the 11,000 to be published * * * shall be sold by the Secretary of War for cost of publication with 10 per cent REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. 5 added tliereto, and the proceeds of .such sales shall be covered into the Treasury." TJuder this law more than 51,000 volumes and pamphlet copies ot" the several parts of the Atlas of maps accompanying- the work have been sold to subscribers. The total number received, distributed, sold, etc., from 1880, when the first volume was printed, to 1896 is given iu the followino- tabular statement: Fiscal year. Books re- ceived. Parts ol Atlas received. Total re ceived. Distrib uted. Sold. Amount received. 1880 81 2,000 3,000 33, 000 33, 000 55, 000 55. 000 44,000 66, 000 44, 000 110, 000 198, 000 121, 000 103. 500 120, 252 19, 179 66, 000 2,000 3,000 33, 000 33, 000 55, 000 55, 000 44, 000 66, 000 44,000 110, 000 198, 000 165, 000 235, 500 230, 252 108, 679 88, 000 2,000 3,000 26, 891 29,211 46, 437 48, 150 45, 186 55, 108 47, 061 107, 461 163, 895 172, 936 186, 642 207, 168 108,780 98, 069 (a) (ft) 1,109 789 2, .501 2,850 2,314 2,892 1,939 3,539 6,317 7,188 5,949 7,637 2, 955 3,158 3. 1894. 1895. 1896. $63, 63. 127, 266, 266, 266, 206, 188, 160, 380. 00 380. 00 380. 00 659. 46 780. 00 780. 00 780. 00 780. 00 380. 00 Total 2,334,328.50 6 REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. Of the total amount appropriated, the sum of $1,184,291.02 was expended for printing and binding, and $1,134,44:7.50 was paid out for salaries, contingent or miscellaneous expenses, including reut, stationer}', tlie purchase of records, etc., and $15,589.98 unexpended balances were turned into the Treasury. The average annual expendi- tures for the twenty-two years have been $105,398.20. As the first volume of these records was issued in 1880, sixteen years have been devoted to the issue aud distribution of the 101 volumes already published, showing an average of about six books for each year. Tlie i)rogress of the work during the last year was kept up to the average, with a somewhat reduced force of employees. The G books issued during the year were as follows : Pages. Vol. XLVI, Part II, serial No. 96 1,493 Vol. XLVI, Part III, serial No. 97 1,549 Vol. XLVII, Part I, serial No. 98 1,2.52 Vol. XLVII, Part II, serial No. 99 1,587 Vol. XLVII, Part III, serial No. 100 974 Vol. XL VIII, Part I, serial No. 101 1, 674 Total 8,529 Yols. XLVIII, Part II; XLIX, Parts I and II, and L, Parts I and II, will be published during the coming year. Thej^ will be followed by supplementary volumes, numbering probably not more than four, and containing imijortant official documents not accessible to the comijilers at the date of issuing the regularl}^ numbered volumes of Series I. This oflice has frequent inquiries from beneficiaries and others as to the number of parts contained in the several volumes. To supply this want, a list of the books comprising the first series is given in an appendix to this report. This list will enable all concerned to properly arrange the work in their libraries and readily determine whether or not all the parts have been received. 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Plates which do not relate to pecific operations, mentioned in the volumes in the above table, are fiven below with the subjects: Plate 117.— Marches of Slieriuau's army, 1863-1865. Plate 119. — Kansas aud portions of Territories. Plates 136-161. — Maps of the whole theater of the war in current use, 1861-1865. Plates 162-171. — Union and Confederate military divisions and deiiartmeuts, 1861-1865. Plate 172. — Uniforms, Union and Confederate. Plate 173. — Ordnance, ordnance stores, etc. Plate 174. — Appliances for care and transportatian of sick or wounded. Plate 175. — Union and Confederate flags, and Union corps flags, badges, etc. The Atlas is sold to the public as follows : Index, Table of Contents, etc., in paper cover, 25 cents. Parts 1 to 35, in paper covers, 40 cents each. Plates 135A, 135B, 135C, in paper covers, 25 cents. Plates, single, 10 cents each. Atlas, complete, unbound, each part and index in separate cover, $14.50. Atlas, complete, bound in two parts, in half-turkey leather, $22.50. Atlas, complete, bound in three parts, half-turkey leather, $26.50. ^ \ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 760 373 1 % \