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Administrative History
These records were procured in 1920, by the Bureau of War Records, from the federal government pursuant to Chapter 75 of the Laws of 1919 which directed the Adjutant General, through the Bureau, to compile, collect, and preserve the "records and relics... relating to the wars in which the state participated." (See also Chapter 247 of the Laws of 1887, which established the Bureau as the "Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion.")
It should be noted that the Bureau discovered over time numerous errors in the transcription of the records provided by Washington that required correction. The Bureau made corrections to errors as they were found (see Annual Report of the Adjutant General, 1935, page 36).
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