Research

Scope and Content Note

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

Individual abstracts provide the following information: 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 and Sub.(?) District numbers. The form also contains a section dealing with how each man left the organization, but since these men were never assigned to a unit, this section always appears blank. Finally, the abstract contains a section entitled "remarks" in which the name and residence of the man who furnished the substitute is usually provided.