Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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These two volumes describe New York State Militia units by location during the 1840s and 1850s. It is likely that a portion of the series was generated in response to Chapter 270 of the Laws of 1846, which stipulated that all able-bodied white male citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of two volumes of outgoing correspondence sent from the Adjutant General's office to officers of New York militia units, other military personnel, and Governors Daniel D. Tompkins and William L. Marcy. A significant amount of correspondence covers Governor Tompkins's effort to mobilize .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of mostly routine and administrative correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and transmittal letters. There are also a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest.While most of the records were from military personnel, there is a significant amount of from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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These abstracts were compiled from original muster rolls of New York State Militia units that were temporarily mustered into federal service during the Civil War. Thirty eight of the sixty-five militia organizations that served in the Civil War are documented in this series. The abstracts contain the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts describing the military service of New Yorkers who served in the United States Navy as officers or enlisted men (bulk of entries) during the Civil War. The abstracts contain: name, birthplace, from where appointed, date of appointment, rank, promotions, names of vessels .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of printed abstracts describing the military service of New York men who served in the United States Marine Corps during the Civil War. The abstracts provide the following information: name, birthplace, to what place credited, date of enlistment, place of enlistment, term, rank, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts partially describing the military service of New York men who were mustered into service but were not assigned to a unit during the Civil War. Abstracts list: name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; birthplace; occupation; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of printed abstracts that partially describe the military service of substitutes from New York who were mustered into service but never assigned to either a federal or a state unit. Information includes name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts for New York men who served in the Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps), an organization of men unfit for regular duty but who were healthy enough for prison guard, hospital, and military police duties. Abstracts include: name; date, place, and length .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts describing the military service of New York men who served in the 26th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Individual abstracts provide the following information: name; date and place of enlistment; age (in years); length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts partially describing the military service of "colored" New York enlisted men mustered into service but never assigned to a federal or state unit. "Unassigned" refers to men located at recruiting depots and stations when the federal government ceased recruitment; men .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Inspector General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of copies of incoming correspondence directed to Governor Edwin D. Morgan, originally found in Inspector General's administrative correspondence files. The Executive Chamber probably forwarded these copies to the Inspector General in order to keep him informed of current events .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives