In message <5.1.0.14.2.20020129075819.03d9aec0@facstaff.wisc.edu> rklittle@facstaff.wisc.edu (Rollie Littlewood) wrote: > At 11:54 AM 1/29/2002 +0000, Clifford Sayre <cliffsayr@aol.com> wrote > in response to a query by Graeme Wall <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk>: > >...I can't suggest a website, but they have these places called > >"libraries". You might be able to find in a university library in the > > UK a series of books called, for short, "The Official Records" or "OR". [snip] > > The full title of the huge collection that Clifford mentioned is: > "The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the > Union and Confederate Armies". Incredibly (at least to me) the entire > set, including the index, is now available on the web as part of the > "Making of America" project" > <http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html>. > Obviously, with a work of this size, the web site is a bit > unwieldy--but it looks to me as though it is all there for the hunting. > Many thanks to Clifford and Rollie for pointing me at this information. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website: <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/index.html>