Original Union and Confederate Books, Manuscripts and Photographs
Updated May 31, 2020
History of the US War Department
The War Department of the United States
(Source: Hammersly, Thomas H. S. Complete Regular Army Register of the United States: For One Hundred Years (1779-1879). Washington, DC: Hammersly, 1880.)
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A General History [12 MB]
Adjutant General Department [3 MB]
Inspector General Department [1 MB]
Corps of Engineers [8 MB]
Ordnance Department [2 MB]
Judge Advocate General Department [1 MB]
Quartermaster Department [7 MB]
Subsistence Department [1 MB]
Pay Department [2 MB]
Medical Department [8 MB]
Secretaries of the Board, War and Ordnance [<1 MB]
