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REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR COMPLETE 9 VOLUME BOOK SET MINT CONDITION Brand new, unread, pristine condition book set. Sample shown; yours comes in the original, publisher shrink wrap. Official Congressional Report on the Conduct of the Civil War Clean, Sharp, Bright, Solidly Bound Book Set Contains Illustrations and Maps ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2000 REPRINT BY BROADFOOT PUBLISHING OUT-OF-PRINT The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was a U.S. Congressional investigating committee, established on December 9, 1861, following the embarrassing Union defeat at the Bull Run. The set offers thousands of primary source documents on many of the most important campaigns and battles of the Civil War. The Committee’s Reports offer readers a prodigious amount of testimony that sheds light on numerous battle, campaigns, and events of the Civil War. Many of the principal commanding generals of the Civil War provided their testimony. These accounts provide some of the only sources related to aspects of the war and also offer a look at some of the behind-the-scenes politics that shaped prosecution of the War effort. This new edition contains an introduction by Dr. Gary Gallagher and provides a full index and a simplified numbering system (not available in the original volumes) giving everyone access to one of the great printed collections of firsthand testimony and observations from the leading participants of the War. Gettysburg, Balls Bluff, Petersburg, Chancellorsville, and many other battles and events are all included in this complete, nine volume book set. In addition to Committee members’ eyewitness testimonies and depositions of key leaders, these books also bring to light hundreds of names which, until now, were merely background soldiers and civilians in numerous important Civil War events. Names, with identifying information, along with places and pertinent subject categories provide and indispensable resource for history and genealogy. The books are filled with official statements from key leaders and provide the official Congressional testimony, questioning and responses. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This complete, nine-volume book set is brand new and in pristine condition. A sample set is shown; your set is brand new and comes shipped in the original publisher shrink wrap. Handsomely bound in matching black covers with a red background and bright gold lettering on the spine, the books are clean, sharp, bright, and solidly bound. The books have no wear. The pages clean and bright white and there is a mark on them. An excellent, brand new set of this official record of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.