Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of unbound printed abstracts which partially describe the military service of New York men who were mustered into service but were never assigned to either a federal or state unit.

Individual abstracts provide the following information for each man: name; date and place of enlistment; age (in years); length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; place of birth; occupation; eye and hair color; complexion; height; and Congressional District number. The form also contains a section dealing with how each man left his organization, but since these men were never assigned to a unit, this section always appears blank. Finally, the form contains a section entitled "remarks." These remarks usually consist of notations stating that the man was drafted, a substitute (often supplies the name of the man for whom he was substituting), or deserted. The vast majority of the remarks state that the man was a substitute.