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=== Records ===
=== Records ===
 
*U.S. Navy Department. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=256214&disp=Official+records+of+the+Union+and+Confed++ Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion]''. 30 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894–1922. National Archives Microfilm Publication M275. (FHL book 973 M2unr; films 1490058–88.) Similar to the official records of the armies, it is known as the ORN (Official Records . . . Navy). Its two series contain reports and correspondence on the Northern blockade of Southern ports and on matters concerning the Confederate Navy. Volume 1, series II has an index to Union and Confederate ships, statistical data, and muster rolls of confederate vessels.
 
The following is an index to this set:
 
*Knox, Dudley W. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=256226&disp=General+index+to+official+records+of+the++ ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion . . . General Index''. . .] . 1927. Reprint, New York, New York: Antiquarian Press, 1961. (FHL book 973 M2unr index; film 0924604 item 2.) Alphabetically arranged with reference to series and volume number. The page number is located by searching the index in the specific volume referred to in the general index.
 
A reference aid to the Official Records is:
 
*Aimone, Alan C., and Barbara A. Aimone. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=393597&disp=A+user%27s+guide+to+the+Official+Records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 User’s Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War ].'' Shippinsburg, Pennsylvania: White Maine Publishing, 1993. (FHL book 973 M29ua.) Provides a history of the compilation of the official records.


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===
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