Statistics, Medical and Anthropological of the provost-Marshal-General's Bureau Derived from Records of the Examination for Military Service in the Armies of the United States During the Late War of the Rebellion
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875. Thick Quarto. Item #023979
Vol. I: 568 pp. with several folding maps. Vol. II: xxviii, 767, 23 tables with an explanation of the tables which includes various races, ages, American or foreign born, nationalities, age diseases and much more. During the first years of the war, the armies of the Unites States were recruited by volunteer enlistments, under the control of the authorities of the several state; and it was not until March 1863 when this method had proved inadequate, that Congress passed an act creating a bureau of the War Department to be known as the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau, which should have charged, among other mattes, of the recruitment of the armies by volunteer enlistments, if found practicable, or by draft, would it become necessary. Later it was in need of another method, a complete enrollment of all persons liable under the law to perform military duty, namely "all able-bodied male citizens of the United States between the ages of 20-45. But there was a need to perform medical checkups to be sure there were no diseases or other disabilities existing prior to enlistment. This then was later established as the Medical Branch of the Provost-Marshall-General's. A very nice clean set bound in green cloth spine lettered in gilt, new endpapers, some rubbing to corners and edges, several of the maps have splits to fold, some detached. A very good set.
Price: $375.00