DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
973.74 
7. 
General military history 
Northern side 
Regular army 
Volunteers, quotas 
Bounties 
Drafts 
Negro troops 
Special armies or corps 
Army of the Cumberland 
Army of the Potomac 
2d army corps 
10th army corps etc. 
Special branches or servises 
Cavalry 
Artillery 
Engineers 
Signal servis 
Guerrillas 
Commissariat 
General orders 
Regimental losses 
T4% Southern side 
Guerrillas 
743 Foren elements 
Divided like 940 
744-749 Separate states and regimental histories 
Divided like 074-979; 973.7444, Massachusetts; 973.7447, New York. Under 
each state arrange books by the following book numbers 
A for official publications 
A 1 Adjutant-general’s reports 
A 2 Lists of soldiers 
B-D. General works on the part taken by the state in the conflict 
B whole state, C county, D town 
E Histories of cavalry regiments 
F Hevy artillery 
G Light artillery 
—=L Infantry 
J regiments 1-99 
K regiments 100-199 
L regiments 200~299 
The individual regiment is markt by adding its number after the letter; 
Eis, 15th regiment of cavalry; K49, 149th regiment of infantry. When 
there are more than 9 regiments in any of these groups o must be prefixt to 
the number for the 1st 0, e. ¢. Jog, oth regiment of infantry; otherwise the 
oth regiment of infantry, Jo, would be shelvd after the 89th, J8o 
For the border states which also had regiments on the Confederate side use 
imilarly P-S 
Special brigades 
Cavalry 
Hevy artillery 
Light artillery 
Infantry 
For those states which past ordinances of secession (sez list under 973.713) 
reverse these numbers using B-L for Confederate regiments and P-S for 
Union regiments 
Special numbers must be arranged for unnumberd and peculiarly numberd 
regiments and companies 
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