Lot of 4, including:
Regulations for the Recruiting Service of the Army of the United States, Both Regular and Volunteer. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1863. 12mo, red paper wrap, 101pp including fold out muster roll form.
Instructions to Mustering Officers and Others of Kindred Duties: Instructions for Making Muster-rolls, Mustering into Service, Periodical Payments, and Discharging from Service Volunteers or Militia. Revised edition. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1863. 12mo, blue paper wrap, 51pp plus 16pp index and 3 fold-out example muster-rolls.
General Orders, No. 43, dated Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1865, with the cover message
The enclosed Table of Distances by rail is published for the information of Officers of the Quartermaster's Department, and will govern them in the settlement of accounts of railroads for transportation of troops and supplies after this date.
M.C. Meigs,
Brevet Major General, U.S.A.,
Quartermaster General.
12mo (5" x 7 1/8"), folds out to 19.25" x 32" to reveal a Table of Distances, by the shortest practicable Railroad routes, compiled from "Appleton's Railroad Guide," and other sources.
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912. 62d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Document No. 663. 8vo, brown paper wrap, 13pp of plans and budget estimates plus several fold-out maps and plans, the largest of which measures roughly 36" x 54".