ott ▁( 1 7 8 4 – 1 8 4 6 ), ▁ ▁J ared ▁S par ks ▁( 1 7 8 9 – 1 8 6 6 ), ▁Peter ▁Force ▁( 1 7 9 0 – 1 8 6 8 ) ▁and ▁other ▁edit ors . ▁ ▁The ▁military ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁especially ▁fasc in ated ▁Americans , ▁and ▁the ▁War ▁Department ▁compiled ▁and ▁published ▁a ▁massive ▁collection ▁of ▁original ▁documents ▁that ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁heavily ▁used ▁by ▁sch ol ars . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Official ▁Records ▁of ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁Reb ell ion ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 2 8 ▁large ▁volumes ▁published ▁between ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁It ▁included ▁military ▁and ▁naval ▁records ▁from ▁both ▁sides , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁important ▁documents ▁from ▁state ▁and ▁national ▁govern ments . ▁ ▁Col onial ▁and ▁Revolution ▁ ▁Imperial ▁School ▁While ▁most ▁histor ians ▁saw ▁the ▁colonial ▁era ▁as ▁a ▁pre l ude ▁to ▁the ▁Revolution , ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s ▁the ▁" Im per ial ▁School " ▁was ▁interpre ting ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire . ▁The ▁leaders ▁included ▁Herbert ▁L . ▁Os good , ▁George ▁Louis ▁Be er , ▁Charles ▁M . ▁Andrew s ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Henry ▁Gi pson . ▁ ▁Andrew s , ▁based ▁at ▁Y ale , ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential . ▁▁ ▁They ▁took ▁a ▁highly ▁favor able ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁benefits ▁achieved ▁by ▁the ▁economic ▁integration ▁of ▁the ▁Empire .