Report On The Exploration Of The Yellowstone River Communicated By The Secretary Of War In Complience With A Resolution Of Senate February 13 1866

Author : United States War Department
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282537500
Total Pages : 504 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1866, the Report of Brevet Brigadier General W. F. Raynolds, on the Exploration of the Yellowstone and the Country Drained by That River written by United States War Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance With a Resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1866, the Report of Brevet Brigadier General W. F. Raynolds, on the Exploration of the Yellowstone and the Country Drained by That River In presenting this report I deem it proper to give a short statement of the circumstances under which it has been prepared. The expedition returned to Omaha in October, 1860. After discharging the employ es, and settling the accounts of the party, I repaired to Washington with a portion of my assistants, and commenced the preparation of the report. Good progress had been made, and I had expected to have it ready for the following session of Congress, when the breaking out of the rebellion scattered my assis tants, seriously interfering with my work. On the 1st of July, 1861, I reported that, if my services were needed elsewhere, the preparation of the report could be suspended with no other injury than that necessarily incident to delay. On the loth of that month I was ordered to join the army in the field, and shortly after all work was suspended. In the summer of 1862 I was prevented by severe and protracted illness from continuing on duty in the field, and in that condition applied for authority to resume the report, which was granted, provided it did not interfere with the medical treatment I was undergoing. My physician would not consent to my attempting the work. In January, 1863, while yet an invalid, I was again, at my own request, ordered on duty with the army, and another application was made for authority to resume the report. This time, in connection with my other duties, my request was granted, but my other duties prevented any considerable progress being made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.