United States. War Dept. [Reports of explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04963 Author/Creator: United States. War Dept. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book Date: 1855-1860 Pagination: 12 v. ; 30 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy
Thirteen volumes bound as twelve. Volumes 1 through 11 were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Volume 11 was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number]. Large folio volumes with modern leather binding.
The reports of the Pacific Railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer Department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War Department. 1879, p. 292-293.
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