Official Army Register for 1861
Published by Order of the Secretary of War, In Compliance with the Resolution of the Senate, of December 13, 1815, and Resolutions of the House of Representatives, Dated February 1, 1830, and August 30, 1842.
- Wraps
- Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office, 1860
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office, 1860. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Printed, stitched, brown wraps. 60 pages. Covers edge chipped, torn and creased. Rear cover detached. Old ink name of J. Engelbrecht and date of March 2, 1861 written top of the front cover. Light spotting to title page and verso of title page.
Register includes General Officers; Quartermaster's Department; Subsistence Department; Medical Department; Pay Department; Corps of Engineers; Corps of Topographical Engineers; Ordinance Department; First Regiment of Dragoons; First Regiment of Cavalry; Second Regiment of Cavalry; Regiment of Mounted Riflemen; First -Fourth Regiment of Artillery; First-Tenth Regiment of Infantry; and more. An alphabetical register is located in back of the wraps.
List of officers include Major General Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, George Meade, John B. Hood, Joseph Wheeler, George Thomas, William Hardee, Albert Johnston, Howard Stansbury, Henry H. Sibley, John Sedgwick, James E. B. Stuart, Kirby Smith, Nathaniel Lyon, George Crook, John Pope, James B. Mcpherson, Phil Sheridan, Winfield S. Hancock, Stephen Long and hundreds more. On page 3 is an "x" in pencil and "traitor" hand written next to the name of David E. Twiggs. A pencil note at bottom page reads "off with his head." Traitor is written next to the names of Albert S. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and Earl Van Dorn on page 16.
Register includes General Officers; Quartermaster's Department; Subsistence Department; Medical Department; Pay Department; Corps of Engineers; Corps of Topographical Engineers; Ordinance Department; First Regiment of Dragoons; First Regiment of Cavalry; Second Regiment of Cavalry; Regiment of Mounted Riflemen; First -Fourth Regiment of Artillery; First-Tenth Regiment of Infantry; and more. An alphabetical register is located in back of the wraps.
List of officers include Major General Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, George Meade, John B. Hood, Joseph Wheeler, George Thomas, William Hardee, Albert Johnston, Howard Stansbury, Henry H. Sibley, John Sedgwick, James E. B. Stuart, Kirby Smith, Nathaniel Lyon, George Crook, John Pope, James B. Mcpherson, Phil Sheridan, Winfield S. Hancock, Stephen Long and hundreds more. On page 3 is an "x" in pencil and "traitor" hand written next to the name of David E. Twiggs. A pencil note at bottom page reads "off with his head." Traitor is written next to the names of Albert S. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and Earl Van Dorn on page 16.
Details
Title
Official Army Register for 1861
Author
[United States Army]
Binding
Wraps
Condition
Good
Publisher
Adjutant General's Office: Washington DC
Date
1860
Edition
First Edition