Sounds as if you are in the more eastern part of the state. If you get down here to Huntington, give me a yell and I'll show you around the Marshall University campus---and the library. marsha in Huntington. Joy Stalnaker wrote: > Thanks, Marsha. I"ll let you know. I did talk to the folks at WVU. > They don't have it but plan to order it after July 1, when the new > budget year starts. I'm also going to check West Virginia Wesleyan > tomorrow. They have a great Civil War Collection too. Among other > things, they have all of the Virginia regimental histories published > by Howard. I was surprised to find them there. > > Thanks. > > JOY > > > At 09:28 PM 06/27/2006, you wrote: > >> Joy, have you looked at the Marshall University Special Collections? >> There is an amazing small library there called the Roseanna Blake Room. >> It is mostly Confederate. I am not clear if the below is one side or >> the other. But the man who is in there is absolutely knowledgeable. >> You might want to call or e-mail ahead as I don't think that he is >> always there. Marsha in WV >> >> Here is the Marshall URL for the catalogue: >> >> http://mulibiiidb.marshall.edu/search/X >> >> Joy Stalnaker wrote: >> >>> While researching at State Archives in Charleston, WV, I learned >>> that Broadfoot Publishing has the 100 volume set of Supplement to >>> the Army Official Records available. According to the Broadfoot >>> website this set contains: >>> >>> "The greatest contribution to Civil War history since the OFFICIAL >>> RECORDS." >>> >>> All the information left out of the original Official Records: >>> reports "not located," not sent in by the Confederates, not sent in >>> by the Union, correspondence, itineraries of the units, records of >>> events. >>> >>> Arranged like the Official Records __ chronologically with entries >>> by subject, etc. >>> >>> What Does the Supplement Contain? . >>> * SOLDIERS: Names & Information __Twice as many names as does >>> the original Official Records >>> * PLACES: Names & Information __ Thousands of creeks, >>> crossroads, ferries, fords, mills, etc. >>> * RECORDS OF EVENTS & ITINERARIES: 299 reels of transcribed >>> microfilm >>> * OFFICIAL REPORTS: All the official reports, Union and >>> Confederate, left out of the original publication >>> * THE INDEX: 5 Vols. Over 1,000,000 entries! Every Name, >>> Battle, Event, geographical location, etc. >>> >>> >>> The Price - $5500. >>> >>> Too big a price for a researcher in West Virginia. Our State >>> Archives doesn't have it either. Does anyone know who might have >>> this set? West Virginia University, LIbrary of Virginia, Allen Co >>> Public Library at Ft. Wayne, who????????????????? The index is 5 >>> volumes and is over $500 by itself. >>> >>> And, is there anyone out there with access to it who could do some >>> lookups for me? I think some of my answers to questions that I >>> cannot resolve any other way might be there. >>> >>> Joy >>> >>> ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >>> To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >>> and in the text area of the message, type only the word >>> unsubscribe >>> >> >> >> ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >> To search our list archives since 1996, go to >> http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >