Publication: Adjutant General's Office, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1873, 1875, and 1876, Washington, 1866,1868,1869,1870,1873,1875,1876
First Editions. Rebound Half-Leather and Cloth. Folding Charts. Pagination varies: 1866-180pp., 1868-168pp., 1869-226pp., 1870-227pp., 1873-214pp., 1875-261pp., 1876-260pp. These Official Army Registers record complete lists and records for all officers in the U.S. Army. The following is recorded for every officer: Name; Rank; Date of Commission; Brevet Commissions and Volunteer Service; Original Entry into Service,Subsequent Commissions, and Appointments; Born In: and Appointed From. Officers are listed in the following order: General Officers, Adjutant General's Department, Inspector General's Department, Chief Signal Officer, Quartermaster's Department,Medical Department, Pay Department, Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department, Regiments of Cavalry, Regiments of Artillery, and Regiments of Infantry. Additional information includes those attending West Point, those who have left the service and why (retirement, death, discharge, etc.), and an extensive Index showing every entry for every officer. Important records from a time period of great importance in U.S. military history. All have been rebound by a previous owner in uniform, blue, half-leather bindings with decorative endpapers. Offered as a set. One lower fore corner bumped, some occasional foxing, and pencil notes on several pages in the Infantry section of the 1868 volume. Light occasional foxing in the 1869 volume. Else an attractive set in near fine condition.
Inventory Number: 49907