The first official compilation of every military-related Act and Resolution passed by the US Congress, from the 1776 law laying down rules and regulations for George Washington's Army during the Revolutionary War, through the resolution thanking General Andrew Jackson and his troops for "their gallantry and good conduct in defense of New Orleans" during the War of 1812, and the 1823 law establishing "a national armory on the western waters". Revised editions appeared until the Mexican-American War. A rich source of early American military history.