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rimean War Publishers can at last announce the long awaited completion of the General Orders (henceforth abbreviated to GOs) compilation on CD and it is now up and running and available to buy online at this site. It has been a 12 year slog with intervals of blind alleys and sheer frustration at times, but now it is done!
 
Important features of the CD: the transcribed text is fully searchable and the six months of 1856 up to the official 'end' of GOs are published for the first time. Every single page has been scanned or photographed and is shown 'as is'. The important work has been the transcription of all this into a single searchable text file (some 850+ pages) so that the typing in of a single word will produce every appearance of that word throughout the whole body of the text. From that you will, if you wish, be able to turn to the actual scan of the original printing. The CD ROM contains all the images of the pages and the text as .doc, .rtf and .pdf files and the navigation is by simple html which will work in your browser.

Major-General James Bucknell Estcourt

 
 
 
Below are a few sample pages which actually constitute the final twelve days of General Orders from the Crimea. We have decided to publish them here so they are available to all and will also act as a demonstration of what you get on the CD-ROM. (Files and images open in new browser windows.)
 
The three searchable text files for the twelve days:
 
Transcribed text .doc
 
 
Transcribed text .rtf
 
 
Transcribed text .pdf
 
The page images:
  1. GO 01 July 56
  2. GO 02 July 56
  3. GO 03 July 56
  4. GO 04 July 56
  5. GO 05 July 56
  6. GO 06 July 56
  7. GO 07 July 56
  8. GO 08 July 56
  9. GO 09 July 56
  10. GO 10 July 56
  11. GO 11 July 56
  12. GO 12 July 56

ABOUT THE CRIMEAN WAR GENERAL ORDERS CD-ROM
 
Whatever the disasters, whatever the successes, the day to day administration of an Army must continue. On this CD-ROM you will find searchable transcripts and facsimiles of the daily orders issued to the British Army of the East from the moment that Lord Raglan arrived in Constantinople to the date, more than two years later, when all but a handful of the British forces had left the Crimea for good. These 'General Orders' cover everything from praise for gallant conduct in battle to courts martial; from regimental appointments to warnings about charcoal stoves. This is the ultimate resource for the historian seeking to understand how the Crimean Army functioned. In addition, many thousands of individuals - men as well as officers - are mentioned by name, providing an invaluable reference for the family historian or medal collector.
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
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