Research

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 abstracts for New York men who served in the Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps), an organization of men unfit for regular duty but who were healthy enough for prison guard, hospital, and military police duties. Abstracts include: name; date, place, and length of enlistment; age; date mustered in; grade; company and regiment; how, when, and in what grade the individual left the organization and "remarks," (typically the soldier's prior military service).
Creator:
Title:
Abstracts of muster rolls of Veteran Reserve Corps troops from New York State
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1863-1865
Series Number:
B0806