Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 17: Gulf Blockading Squadron, from December 16, 1861, to February 21, 1862; East Gulf Blockading Squadron, from February 22, 1862, to July 17, 1865

xxiii, 996 pp. Maps and photographic plates, including some fold-outs. Gulf Blockading Squadron, from December 16, 1861, to February 21, 1862; East Gulf Blockading Squadron, from February 22, 1862, to July 17, 1865. The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, commonly known as the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies or Official Records (OR or ORs), is the most extensive collection of American Civil War naval records available to the general public. It includes selected first-hand accounts, orders, reports, maps, diagrams, and correspondence drawn from official records of both Union and Confederate navies.