Civil War - Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies
Records: 55,209 · Complete: 93%
The records include Union and Confederate reports of naval operations; related correspondence, orders and other records; and excerpts from journals of naval officers. They also include statistical data of ships; muster rolls of Confederate Government vessels; letters of marque and reprisal; Confederate Departmental investigations; Navy Department correspondence with agents abroad; and proclamations and appointments of President Davis; State Department correspondence with diplomatic agents, etc.
Example Records
Source Information
"Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/914/civil-war-official-records-of-union-and-confederate-navies: accessed May 26, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Civil War - Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies
- Total Records
- 55,209 · Complete: 93%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M275
- Record Group
- 45
- Published on Fold3
- 25 Apr 2014
- Last Updated
- 22 Apr 2015
- Description
- NARA M275. The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865, was compiled and published by the Department of the Navy, 1894-1922.