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Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields


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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Most records pertain to land conveyed and dedicated to erecting monuments and markers of the location of New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg. Included are transmittal letters, agreements, legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications. Information includes a deed of conveyance and dedication to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought by New York Regiments and Batteries.
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Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields
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0.5 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:
1887-1898
Series Number:
A0468

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of one bound volume containing letters of transmittal, agreements, typed copies of legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications, and a printed copy of "Circular and Instructions of the New York Board of Commissioners, Gettysburg Monuments...."

The majority of the records in the volume pertain to land conveyed and dedicated for the purpose of erecting monuments and markers showing the location of various New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863. Included is a map (in color), entitled "Map of Gettysburg and Vicinity Showing Positions of New York Regiments and Batteries," which was apparently produced ca. 1887-1890 for the New York State Gettysburg Monument Commission. The Commission worked with the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association to secure land on which New York monuments could be erected.

A letter of transmittal, maps, a deposition, and a deed of conveyance and dedication pertaining to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought in October 1863, are found at the end of the volume.

Related Material

Series A4123, Adjutant General's Office Records pertaining to various monuments and dedication ceremonies, contains additional information on the New York State Monument at Gettysburg.

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