Official document outlining plans for the publication of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion as authorized by Act of Congress approved August 7, 1882. Prepared under the direction of Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War.

Excerpt from Register of the War Department, January 1, 1886: Containing the Names of All Persons Connected With the War Department and Its Bureaus in Washington, D. C., Except the Garrison at Washington Barracks Secretary of State. ?secretary of the Navy. Malongeneral, L. S; A. Isecretary of the Treasury. Attorney-general. H adjutant-general. S. A. Chief clerk, War Department. TI Commissioner of indian Affairs. 11 postmaster-general. General of the Army. 0 amr. Stanton did not cease to perform the duties of Secretary of War iintil the assumption of those duties by majorogsneral Schofield. 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.