THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATON OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

The Honorable DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War,

BY

Major GEORGE B. DAVIS, U. S. A., MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY,

Board of Publication.

SERIES I-VOLUME XLII-IN THREE PARTS.

PART II-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1893.