Tool for finding The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies: and: Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the War of the Rebellion as published in the U.S. serial set or the CIS U.S. serial set.

The CIS U.S. Serial Set Index includes an Index of Subjects and Keywords as well as an Index of Names and Organizations. There is also a numerical list of reports and documents and a schedule of serial volumes to assist in locating a copy of a document in the serial set once the congressional reference number is known. Each reference in the subject index gives the document number, the congress and session, and the volume in the Serial Set where the document can be found. This index gives the most consistently comprehensive information of any of the indexes about where to locate a document in the Serial Set and is an excellent starting point for historical searching.

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