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Compendium of

The War of the Rebellion

By Frederick H. Dyer, 1908

1,796 pages, Illustrated, Searchable text

Compiled and Arranged

From Official Records of the

Federal and Confederate Armies

Reports of the Adjutant Generals of

The Several States, The Army Registers

And Other Reliable Documents and Soures

Including

In Three Departments

The Matter As Here Outlined

Organization of the several Military Divisions, Departments, Armies, Army Corps,

Divisions, Brigades and other important commends of the United States

Army formed during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865,

Showing the Troops assigned to each and the

Various Commanders of each Com-

mand from its formation

To its discon-

tinuance

A complete Record of the Battles, Engagements, Combats, Actions,

Skirmishes and Important Operations, tabulated by States and showing

The Union Troops engaged in each event

Concise

History of each and

Every Regiment, Battery,

Battalion and other Organizations

Mustered by the several States for service

In the Union Army during the period referred to.

- Bonus -

Local Designation of Confederate Troops

(Total 3,974 Units)

Published 1890?, 168 pages

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In 1867 Dyer became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a patriotic society of civil war Union veterans.
 It was around this time that he started to acquire details about Union regiments. His job as a commercial traveller brought him in touch
 with many veterans and officials, from whom he gathered official figures. The statistics he collected expanded into further areas, 
from regiments to details of formations, battles, movements, and similar data. He began to research using official records in various
 state capitals, and continued speaking to ex-soldiers and high-standing officers, such as General Sherman, who expressed interest
 in a comprehensive compendium and welcomed its future publication.
 
Dyer utilized the official materials available at the War Department, namely the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. 
After 35 years of information gathering, he moved into a single room in Des Moines to start producing a compendium worthy of print. 
He made seven revisions, each taking around seven months, as he sifted through piles of paperwork and notes, to produce an 
accurate account of the Union army. Working day and night, sleeping in a bed placed close to his desk, he toiled over the Compendium
 from 1904 until 1908, producing a 4,025 page typed manuscript. Published on February 15, 1909, by "The Dyer Publishing Company",
 through which he personally funded, wrote and promoted his work, printed by Torch Press of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a total of 4,500 copies
 of the Compendium were issued in a single-volume edition, measuring 9 by 12 inches (imperial octavo), spanning 1,796 pages, and 
consisting of three parts:
 
   Part I – Number and organization of the Armies of the United States.
    Part II – Chronological record of the campaigns, battles, engagements, actions, combats, sieges, skirmishes. etc., 
in the Unites States 1861-65 
      Part III – Regimental Histories.
 
The original Compendium, which was bound in
morocco leather and pebbled cloth, sold at $10 apiece (equivalent to $255.52 in
2012 terms)


 
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