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Author: United States. Naval War Records Office
Title: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Series: Office memoranda (United States. Naval War Records Office)
Publisher: Govt. Print. Off.
Place of Publication: Washington
MoA Volumes: Series I, vols. 1-27; Series II, vols 1-3 (1894 - 1922)
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Series I
- Volume 1: The Operation of the Cruisers (January 19, 1861 - January 4, 1863). 1894.
- Volume 2: The Operation of the Cruisers (January 1, 1863 - March 31, 1864). 1895.
- Volume 3: The Operation of the Cruisers (April 1, 1864 - December 30, 1865). 1896.
- Volume 4: Operations in the Gulf of Mexico (November 15, 1860 - June 7, 1861); Operations on the Atlantic Coast (January 1, 1861 - May 13, 1861); Operations on the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers (January 5, 1861.. 1896.
- Volume 5: Operations on the Potamac and Rappahannock Rivers (December 7, 1861 - July 31, 1865); Atlantic Blockading Squadron (April 4, 1861 - July 15, 1861). 1897.
- Volume 6: Atlantic Blockading Squadron (July 16, 1861 - October 29, 1861); North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 29, 1861 - March 8, 1862). 1897.
- Volume 7: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (March 8, 1862 - September 4, 1862). 1898.
- Volume 8: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (September 5, 1862 - May 4, 1863). 1899.
- Volume 9: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (May 5, 1863 - May 5, 1864). 1899.
- Volume 10: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (May 6, 1864 - October 27, 1864). 1900.
- Volume 11: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 28, 1864 - February 1, 1865). 1900.
- Volume 12: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (February 2, 1865 - August 3, 1865); South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 29, 1861 - May 13, 1862). 1901.
- Volume 13: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (May 14, 1862 - April 7, 1863). 1901.
- Volume 14: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (April 7, 1863 - September 30, 1863). 1902.
- Volume 15: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 1, 1863 - September 30, 1864). 1902.
- Volume 16: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 1, 1864 - September 30, 1865); Gulf Blockading Squadron (June 7, 1861 - December 15, 1861). 1903.
- Volume 17: Gulf Blockading Squadron (December 16, 1861 - February 21, 1862); East Gulf Blockading Squadron (December 22, 1862 - July 17, 1865). 1903.
- Volume 18: West Gulf Blockading Squadron (February 21, 1862 - July 14, 1862). 1904.
- Volume 19: West Gulf Blockading Squadron (July 15, 1862 - March 14, 1863). 1905.
- Volume 20: West Gulf Blockading Squadron (March 15, 1863 - December 31, 1863). 1905.
- Volume 21: West Gulf Blockading Squadron (January 1, 1864 - December 31, 1864). 1906.
- Volume 22: West Gulf Blockading Squadron (January 1, 1865 - January 31, 1866); Naval Forces on Western Waters (May 8, 1861 - April 11, 1862). 1908.
- Volume 23: Naval Forces on Western Waters (April 12, 1862 - December 31, 1862). 1910.
- Volume 24: Naval Forces on Western Waters (January 1, 1863 - May 17, 1863). 1911.
- Volume 25: Naval Forces on Western Waters (May 18, 1863 - February 29, 1864). 1912.
- Volume 26: Naval Forces on Western Waters (March 1, 1864 - December 31, 1864). 1914.
- Volume 27: Naval Forces on Western Waters (January 1, 1865 - September 6, 1865); Supply Vessels (January 1, 1865 - September 6, 1865). 1917.
Series II
- Volume 1: Statistical Data of Union and Confederate Ships; Muster Roles of Confederate Government Vessels; Letters of Marque and Reprisals; Confederate Department Investigations. 1921.
- Volume 2: Navy Department Correspondence 1861-1865, with Agents Abroad. 1921.
- Volume 3: Proclamations, Appointments, etc. of President Davis; State Department Correspondence with Diplomatic Agents,etc.. 1922.