"Roster of the Medical Department."--Page 589.

Part I. General narrative -- Chapter I. From the organization of the department to the War of 1812 -- Chapter II. During the last war with Great Britain -- Chapter III. From the last war with England to the war with Mexico -- Chapter IV. Account of the department buildings -- Chapter V. Conduct of Indian Affairs by the War Department -- Chapter VI. The Bureaux of the War Department -- Chapter VII. The Bureaux of the War Department (continued) -- Chapter VIII. Departmental history from the Mexican War to 1879 -- Part II. Lives of the Secretaries -- Appendix -- Illustrations.