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UNITED STATES ARMY REGISTER OF OFFICERS for 1858
This is an ARCHIVAL CD ROM which contains a complete copy of the following
HARD-TO-FIND REFERENCE BOOK FOR CIVIL WAR & MILITARY HISTORY:
UNITED STATES ARMY REGISTER OF OFFICERS for 1858, 48 pages, published by
the official printer for the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 1, 1858, by order of the
Secretary of War, in compliance with the Resolution of the Senate, December 13, 1815, and
Resolutions of the House of Representatives, February 1, 1830, and August 30, 1842.
Most of the important officers who fought for the North and the South in the upcoming War
Between the States are listed in this book (see below), a fine reference for
Civil War and military research. Also useful for genealogy.
This register lists the name, rank, date of commission, brevets & former commissions,
the date of first appointment of continuous service, the state born & the state from which
appointed--for all officers of the US Army. Each officer is listed by the department or regiment to
which he was assigned including: General Staff, Adjutant General Department, Inspector General
Department, Quartermaster Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department, Pay
Department, Corps of Engineers, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Ordinance Department,
Dragoon Regiments, Cavalry Regiments, Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, Artillery Regiments,
and Infantry Regiments.
Also included in this book are:
the relative regimental ranks of all officers, resignations and casualties during the year 1857, a
general abstract of the Militia Force of the United States, the organization of the Regular Army,
pay of the Army, the Military Academy at West Point, NY, distribution of the troops (in all forts
across the US), armories & arsenals, and military geographical departments.
At the back of the book is an alphabetical index for all officers in the US Army in 1858.
The scan below shows the Army Register CD.
(See below for further description of content.*).
1858 US ARMY REGISTER BOOK ON CD ROM
The original copy of the 1858 Army Register from which this CD was made belonged to James
W. Forsyth who served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and
later in the Indian Wars (including a prominent role in the "battle" of Wounded Knee.)
Some of the US Army officers (who in three years would be split into Union and Confederate
forces) included in this volume are:
E.P. Alexander, Robert H. Anderson, J.J. Archer, L.A. Armistead, C.C. Augur, W.W. Averell,
P.G.T. Beauregard, B.E. Bee, D.C. Buell, John Buford, E.R.S. Canby, R.H. Chilton, P.St.G.
Cooke, G. Crook, Abner Doubleday, Arnold Ezey, R.S. Ewell, Franklin Gardner, R.B. Garnett,
John Gibbon, G.A. Gordon, Josiah Gorgas, W.S. Hancock, S.P. Heintzelman, Henry Heth, A.P.
Hill, J.B. Hood, O.O. Howard, Benjamin Huger, David Hunter, A.S. Johnston, J.E. Johnston,
Fitzhugh Lee, G.W.C. Lee, R.E. Lee, S.D. Lee, W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, W.W. Loring,
Nathaniel Lyon, J.B. Magruder, Irvin McDowell, Layfayette McLaws, J.B. McPherson, George
G. Meade, M.C. Meigs, E.O.C. Ord, John Pegram, J.C. Pemberton, W.D. Pender, G.E. Pickett,
Alfred Pleasonton, John Pope, Fitz-John Porter, G.J. Rains, Winfield Scott, P.H. Sheridan, W.T.
Sherman, J.E.B. Stuart, G.H. Thomas, Lorenzo Thomas, James Totten, D.E. Twiggs, Earl Van
Dorn, J.B. Wharton, J. Wheeler, J.E. Wool, and many, many, more.
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