The Official Naval Records of the American Civil War
Quite possibly the most revolutionary - and popular - Civil War research tool currently on
the market, The Official Records of the American Civil War (O.R.) contains All 128
volumes of the Official Records of the Civil War.
The Official Records - Naval Subset is also now available. This set consists of 30 volumes - over 30,000 pages dealing with the Navy in the American Civil War.
Both sets are now available for the first time in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
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.