Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Abstract:
This series provides physical descriptions and enlistment information on most men who served in the 193rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the closing months of the Civil War. Data includes age; height; complexion; eye and hair color; birthplace; occupation; date and place of enlistment; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
A0227
Dates:
1863-1865
Abstract:
These two volumes contain membership and attendance information for Battery C of the First New York Artillery. Volume one lists all battery members, followed by those members absent for various reasons. Volume two includes totals of men present for duty; on special, extra, or daily duty; sick; in arrest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Title:
Series:
A0389
Dates:
1861-1865
Abstract:
In 1863, the State Legislature mandated that the Bureau of Military Statistics collect and preserve an "authentic sketch of every person from this State who has volunteered into the service of the general government" since April 15, 1861. The six volumes that comprise this series were compiled in partial .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Engineer in Chief
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence directed to Brigadier General Isaac Vanderpoel, Engineer in Chief and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. The bulk of the correspondence deals with the enrollment of men into the State's National Guard. The majority of the records pertain to routine .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Abstract:
This series consists of printed lists (on rag paper) of men enrolled, and therefore liable to military duty, residing in the 14th Enrollment District of the State, apparently comprising Albany and Schoharie counties. The lists provide the names of all men between the ages of twenty and forty-five who .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
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
7
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
A4155
Dates:
1862
Abstract:
These two volumes record the names, ages, and occupations of men liable to military duty who lived in Tonawanda and Buffalo's first ward. They also note those individuals who were exempt from the enrollment due to occupation, age, mental capacity, physical fitness, or present military status..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
A4156
Dates:
1864
Abstract:
This volume contains the statistical results of the 1864 enrollment as mandated by legislation of 1862. This enrollment pertains to men eligible for service in the state's National Guard, as opposed to the enrollment of 1862, which recorded men eligible to be drafted into the federal service. Data provided .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Title:
Series:
A4143
Dates:
1862-1865
Abstract:
This series consists of volumes providing the names of enlisted men and officers who constituted the 128th Regiment, New York Volunteers. In addition to name, the roster provides: rank; birthplace; date of discharge; wounds received (usually a brief description); date and place of death, if applicable; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
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
11
Creator:
New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Abstract:
This volume records the names of men who filed bounty claims. Each entry provides name, rank, company, and regiment. No information is provided on the date the claim was filed, amount claimed, or if the claim was awarded. There are no dates contained within the volume but it was probably compiled sometime .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
13775
Dates:
circa 1861-1900
Abstract:
This series consists of abstracts compiled from original muster rolls of New York State units that fought in the Civil War, including the 20th and 31st U.S. Colored Troops. For individual members, the data includes: date of enlistment; age (in years); place of enlistment and for how long; date mustered .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Inspector General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence directed or forwarded to the Inspector General's Office. The files are routine in nature and deal with such topics as the construction and repair of state armories, inspection of troops at depots and recruiting stations and review of various claims. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Abstract:
This series consists of printed material collected by the Bureau of Military Statistics dealing with a variety of topics, including procedures to collect bounty payments, soldiers' relief funds, presidential politics, the duties of inspectors of elections, materials relating to the State of New Jersey .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
United States. Army. Paymaster General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of 99 muster rolls from the 5th and 13th New York Calvary, and the 58th, 68th, 119th, and 141st New York State Volunteers. Each muster roll contains the following information: name and rank of the soldier, where and when they were mustered in, person they were mustered in by, age, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
A4125
Dates:
1861-1890
Abstract:
This series consists of a small quantity of resignations, submitted by officers resigning their commissions, forwarded to the Adjutant General's Office. The resignation will normally provide the name of the individual resigning, rank, regiment, date, and reason for resignation. The remainder of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Title:
Series:
B0813
Dates:
1863-1865
Abstract:
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
18
Creator:
New York (State). State Historian
Abstract:
This series consists of documents pertaining to the Second Veteran Cavalry's organizational history during the Civil War. Included are special orders authorizing the organization of the unit; orders transferring the regiment to the Department of the Gulf; a letter requesting the resignation of the unit's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Title:
Abstracts of muster rolls of National Guard units mustered into federal service during the Civil War
Series:
B0800
Dates:
1861-1865
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Title:
Series:
B0805
Dates:
1861-1865
Abstract:
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
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