Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 11.

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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 … continued below

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xix, 915 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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United States. War Department. 1900.

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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.

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xix, 915 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"Series I--Volume 11. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, From October 28, 1864, to February 1, 1865."

"By authority of an Act of Congress approved July 31, 1894."

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  • Call Number: W 45.5
  • OCLC: 5194016
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 06035188
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth192846

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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 11., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192846/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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