Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Board of Commissioners Constituted by Chapter 421, Laws of 1862
Title:
Series:
A4115
Dates:
1862
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits submitted by individuals to a board, created by legislation of 1862, to validate claims and determine the sums due to regiments or members of the militia for clothing and equipment lost or destroyed in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861. Claims were .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Health
Abstract:
This series consists of bound volumes describing types of claims filed by Civil War veterans and actions taken by both the federal and state government. The claims pertain mainly to overdue pension and bounty monies but are also for commutations of rations and back pay. Each register provides claimant's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Title:
Series:
A4139
Dates:
1863-1866
Abstract:
Three oversized volumes record bounty payments disbursed by the Paymaster General's Office between 1863 and 1866 as authorized by legislation of 1863. Soldiers were paid different bounties according to the length of time they had served in regiments..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Abstract:
These two letter press volumes contain copies of outgoing correspondence produced by the Paymaster General's Office between April 25, 1865 and September 25, 1865. Much of the correspondence is illegible, but the volumes as a whole deal with the payment of bounty money and other claims filed with the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Abstract:
This volume documents applications for state bounty monies. Each entry in the register provides date application was received; name; company; regiment; bounty claimed; and remarks. The remarks usually consist of brief statements concerning date of enlistment, desertions, dates of previous bounty payments, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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