I request all units and agencies of government, Federal, State and local, and their officials, to encourage, foster and participate in Centennial observances. And I especially urge our Nation's schools and colleges, its libraries and museums, its churches and religious bodies, its civic, service and patriotic organizations, its learned and professional societies, its arts, sciences and industries, and its informational media, to plan and carry out their own appropriate Centennial observances during the years 1961 to 1965; all to the end of enriching our knowledge and appreciation of this great chapter in our Nation's history and of making this memorable period truly a Centennial for all Americans. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 6th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. By the President: Dwight D. Eisenhower ABOUT THE AUTHOR William H. Price is a pursuer of the lesser-known, but important, facts about the Civil War; an interest that is reflected throughout this unique handbook. Living in Northern Virginia, he has been over many square miles of the battlefields on foot and, often with a surveyor's transit, has plotted key sites and troop positions left obscure in the records of the armies. He specializes in the smaller, yet significant battles fought in Virginia--First Manassas, Cedar Mountain, Brandy Station--and in the operations of the signals services and topographical engineers. Modern data-processing techniques were applied to the Civil War for the first time when he devised a new method of cataloguing the war's battles, skirmishes, and engagements; this compilation, prepared by International Business Machines Corporation, is being used by the National and State Commissions in planning the numerous Civil War Centennial events. Virgil Carrington Jones, biographer of Ranger Mosby and author of "The Civil War at Sea", has best and most accurately described Mr. Price as "a walking encyclopedia of Civil War lore". A native of North Carolina, he has served on the staff of the American Military Institute and is a member of the Civil War Centennial Commission of the District of Columbia. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Research indicates that the copyright was not renewed. Page 18: Corrected Gary to Gray "Gray and Blue CWRT" Page 19: Changed WISCONSIN (1) to WISCONSIN (2) Page 20: Changed Shenanhoah to Shenandoah Page 27: Changed 1960s to 1860s "for the Shamrock Regiment of the 1860's" Page 32: Corrected spelling of "wariors" to "warriors" Page 67: Abbreviated dates to narrow the table Page 71: Corrected spelling of "Irrepressable" to "Irrepressible Conflict" Text uses both ironclad and iron-clad