I'll pass this on to a couple of folks I know that might be interested.  

Is it a "set" of these books?

Dimensions 9"X6"X2" 1021 printed pages.  Pages appear to have no foxing, yellowing, or water damage.  This is a very fine specimen.  This is series 1 volume #7 of "The War of the Rebellion a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate armies."  Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War. by Bvt. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third U.S. Artillery and published pursuant to the act of congress approved June 16, 1880.  Published in Washington by the Government Printing Office 1882.

This volume contains operations in the Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. November 19, 1861 - March 4, 1862.

Zen, Yes indeed , This is what I have. ALL 158 volumns in brown cloth, 2 index. One index is worn ,but intact. All other volumes are in nice shape. One vol. has a large map of all the railroads and rail gages in a pocket on back cover(pull out) . I think I was the first person to pull this map out to look at it. It is in mint condition. This set is a ex-library set and I don`t think it was looked at very often. The top edges of the vols. are a little soiled (dark) but are in very good condition.  :p

Why don`t you buy them and re-sale. You seem to have the talent for these kind of things.

Because if I bought them, I wouldn't sell them!  

I've considered buying the CD a few times.  I've been wanting to do a little reseach on the South Carolina Reserves.  I have a letter that my G-G-Grandfather, William A Pressly wrote home 3 days before he died from a reaction to a smallpox vaccination.  All I really know about him I've learned from the letter . . . He was an officer and his son Calvin was a private (I'm "guessing" from the wording of the letter) and in mid-February, 1865 his unit was serving guard duty at the prision in Florence, SC.  From what little research I've done, I am pretty sure they were serving in the South Carolina Reserve.

The letter is written over two days (Feb. 17th and 18th) . . . the first day "Sherman is near Columbia and considerable fighting going on."  On the 18th he wrote "Columbia has fallen at last.  We recieved the news today.  I was not prepaired for such a result.  I still think he will be whipped yet.  If he is not whipped soon Richmond will go up."

There is a ton of interesting info in letter . . . how many well prisioners are being moved, who's going to be guarding them when his unit goes to the front, how many sick prisioners there are . . . but I still haven't determined for sure the unit he and Calvin were serving in, his rank, etc., etc., etc.  Someday I hope to visit his hometown of Abbeville, SC and the site of the Florence Stockade and see what I can dig up on him . . . The more I know about him and the unit he served with, the more productive that trip (if and when it happens) will be.  I haven't been able to track down any desendants of his son Calvin, but I do know that he survived the war, married and had kids . . . I remember on of my late Aunts talking about meeting Calvin on a trip she took to Florida when she was young.

Getting back to your books . . . the information in them is out there a whole lot cheaper in reprints and on CDs . . . but if could afford to buy them I would!  They would stay on my bookshelf as a full set.  By the time I got ready to sell them they would probably be worn out!    :cool:   I love reading old books.  I've got a set of Encyclopedias written in the mid-50's.  I love reading about stuff from a 50 year old prespective.