Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of unbound printed abstracts which describe the military service of New York men who served in the Veteran Reserve Corps.

Individual abstracts provide the following information for each corps member: name; date and place of enlistment; age (in years); length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; company and regiment; date left the organization; how (mustered out, deserted, etc.); in what grade; and explanation (usually cites place mustered out and authorizing general order). The abstracts also contain a section entitled "remarks" which usually provides information on the soldier's military service prior to being mustered into the Veteran Reserve Corps. Many of the abstracts contain categories providing physical descriptions of the man (eye and hair color, complexion, height, and age) but these are almost always never completed.