New York State Bureau of Military Statistics Examples of State Commissions Issued to Military Officers A4112

New York State Bureau of Military Statistics Examples of State Commissions Issued to Military Officers

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:

This series consists of commissions utilized by northern states in commissioning general officers during the Civil War. The commissions are blank except for signatures of appropriate state officials (i.e., adjutant-general or governor) and the state seal. The commissions were collected by the Bureau of Military Statistics in 1865. The chief of the bureau, in his first annual report, announced that it would be the bureau's intention to seek for "every fact relating to the rebellion."

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics

Title:

Examples of state commissions issued to military officers

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

20 items

Inclusive Dates:

1865

Series Number:

A4112

Arrangement

Alphabetic by state.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of commissions utilized by northern states in commissioning general officers during the Civil War.

The commissions are blank except for signatures of appropriate state officials (i.e., adjutant-general or governor) and the state seal. The commissions were collected by the Bureau of Military Statistics in 1865. The chief of the bureau, in his first annual report, announced that it would be the bureau's intention to seek for "every fact relating to the rebellion."