REVIEWS OF THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES
Follow this link to download the 13-page article about the Supplement written in
the " Journal of Government Information," Vol. 26, No. 1.
| "Publication of the Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies marks a landmark effort to fill in thousands of gaps in the original set. The result of a systematic canvass of manuscript repositiores across the United States, this project ranks as one of the most ambitious publishing efforts ever undertaken in the field of Civil War history."__ Gary W. Gallagher, Author and Civil War Historian.
"Broadfoot's Supplement to the Official Records is a wonderful accumulation of rich, facinating new material of trenmendous importance. Students and scholars will treasure the Supplement as long as the Civil War is studied."__Robert K. Krick, Author and Civil War Historian. ". . . perhaps the single most important publication for Civil War researchers in nearly a century. Nowhere else have so many reliable primary sources been collected in one set since the original Official Records of the army and navy."__William Marvel, Author and Civil War Historian. ". . . the most important reference work to appear since the original Official Records were published almost a century ago. The hundreds of previously unpublished reports appearing in these pages will no doubt significantly alter our understanding and appreciation of many events and incidents of the Civil War."__ Civil War Regiments ". . . it would not be exaggerating the matter to say that the Supplement to the Official Records is the single most important addition to our understanding of the Civil War published in the 20th Century. Drawn from a wonderful diversity of sources, including manuscript archives, Civil War era newspapers, and private collections, the Supplement to the Official Records is an absolute must for anyone with a serious interest in the Civil War."__Noah Andre Trudeau, Co-Editor of the Supplement, and Author. The Civil War in Books: Civil War Magazine: Blue and Gray Magazine: Military Images:
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Blake A. Magner
Broadfoot Publishing has undertaken the task of providing researchers with a valuable tool with the printing of a supplement to the 128 volume Official Records. To be published in 100 volumes, the series is organized into four parts. The first twelve volumes provide reports “left out” of the original OR 's. Combing libraries, museums, archives and newspapers, the editors have uncovered reports listed as “Not Located,” not sent in, late, or sent in late, for both the Union and Confederate armies.
The second portion of the publication will be a Record of Events and Itineraries, organized by state. These volumes will cover individual regiments using official day-by-day records including movements, troop dispositions, supply receipts, organization, field and staff members, etc. The information contained in these sixty volumes, until now, has only been available on microfilm at the National Archives. The final volumes will include Correspondence, and Records of the Secret Service.
The series is chronologically arranged like the Official Records and is printed and bound to match the most recent printing of the complete set. Each of the four segments is also indexed.
Broadfoot Publishing is to be commended for its continued effort to update and publish Civil War history. The Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies uncovers an enormous amount of new material and will be extremely useful to the student and researcher .
