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Administrative History
The Bureau of Military Statistics was established by Governor Edwin Morgan as a part of the Adjutant-General's Office on December 20, 1862 (Special Orders No. 866).
The Legislature recognized and approved of the bureau in 1863 by passing Chapter 113 which defined its purposes and appropriated $6,000 in order to fulfill its mandate. The specific duties of the bureau consisted of: collecting and preserving in permanent form an authentic sketch of every person who volunteered into the service of the U.S. government since April 15, 1861; recording the services of state regiments including an account of their organization and history; and compiling an account of aid afforded by the towns and counties of the state. These were the basic objects of the bureau but according to its first annual report "every fact relating to the rebellion and especially to the part which New York has taken...is sought for."
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