Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 24: Naval Forces on Western Waters, from January 1 to May 17, 1863

xvi, 803 pp. Maps and photographic plates, including some fold-outs. Naval Forces on Western Waters, from January 1 to May 17, 1863. 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.