"The first general order issued by the Father of his Country after the Declaration of Independence indicates the spirit in which our institutions were founded and should ever be defended."

THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATION OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PREPARED, UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR,

BY

Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT N. SCOTT, Third U. S. Artillery,

AND

PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JUNE 16, 1880.

SERIES I-VOLUME XVII-IN TWO PARTS.

PART II-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1887.