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Subseries 5: Regimental History Survey Files

Scope and Content Note:

These files contain personal recollections and memoirs written by former soldiers relating to the history of the regiment in which they served during the Civil War. There are also historical survey forms sent to all the posts by New York State Historian Hugh Hastings, which sought information concerning the campaigns, battles, and skirmishes in which a particular regiment participated. Occasionally, a regimental file may contain records that also pertain to another unit, usually the unit preceding or succeeding it in numerical order. It is unclear why those records became comingled. The bulk of the material dates from approximately 1895-1898, corresponding to the State Historian's call for information on regimental service and the majority of the responses provided by veterans.

  

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1st Cavalry 21 1
2nd Cavalry 21 2
3rd Cavalry 21 3
4th Cavalry 21 4
5th Cavalry 21 5
6th Cavalry 21 6
7th Cavalry 21 7
8th Cavalry 21 8
6th Cavalry at Chancellorsville (Too fragile to photocopy) 21 9
9th Cavalry 21 10
10th Cavalry 21 11
11th Cavalry 21 12
13th Cavalry 21 13
15th Cavalry 21 14
16th Cavalry 21 15
18th Cavalry 21 16
20th Cavalry 21 17
21st Cavalry 21 18
22nd Cavalry 21 19
24th Cavalry 21 20
25th Cavalry 22 1
1st Dragoons 22 2
1st Mounted Rifles 22 3
2nd Mounted Rifles 22 4
1st Regiment Veteran Cavalry 22 5
2nd Regiment Veteran Cavalry 22 6
1st Regiment Light Artillery 22 7
2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 8
3rd Regiment Light Artillery 22 9
4th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 10
3rd Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 11
5th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 12
6th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 13
7th Regiment Heavy Artillery (1 of 2) 22 14
7th Regiment Heavy Artillery (2 of 2) 22 15
8th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 16
9th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 17
10th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 18
13th Regiment Heavy Artillery 22 19
14th Regiment Heavy Artillery 23 1
15th Regiment Heavy Artillery 23 2
16th Regiment Heavy Artillery 23 3
Marine Artillery 23 4
1st-17th Light Batteries 23 5
1st U.S. Sharpshooters 23 6
2nd Regiment Infantry (also contains 1st Regiment Infantry) 23 7
3rd Regiment Infantry 23 8
4th Regiment Infantry 23 9
5th Regiment Infantry 23 10
7th Regiment Infantry 23 11
8th Regiment Infantry 23 12
9th Regiment Infantry 23 13
10th Regiment Infantry 23 14
11th Regiment Infantry 23 15
12th Regiment Infantry 23 16
13th Regiment Infantry 23 17
14th Regiment Infantry 23 18
16th Regiment Infantry 23 19
17th Regiment Infantry 23 20
20th Regiment Infantry 23 21
21st Regiment Infantry 23 22
22nd Regiment Infantry 23 23
23rd Regiment Infantry 23 24
24th Regiment Infantry 23 25
25th Regiment Infantry 24 1
26th Regiment Infantry 24 2
27th Regiment Infantry 24 3
28th Regiment Infantry 24 4
30th Regiment Infantry 24 5
31st Regiment Infantry 24 6
32nd Regiment Infantry 24 7
33rd Regiment Infantry 24 8
18th Independent Battery 24 9
19th Independent Battery 24 10
24th Independent Battery 24 11
30th Independent Battery 24 12
1st Regiment Engineers 24 13
15th Regiment Engineers 24 14
50th Regiment Engineers 24 15
34th Regiment Infantry 24 16
36th Regiment Infantry 24 17
37th Regiment Infantry 24 18
38th Regiment Infantry 24 19
39th Regiment Infantry 24 20
40th Regiment Infantry (1 of 2) 24 21
40th Regiment Infantry (2 of 2) 25 1
41st Regiment Infantry 25 2
42nd Regiment Infantry (also contains 43rd Regiment Infantry) 25 3
43rd Regiment Infantry 25 4
44th Regiment Infantry 25 5
45th Regiment Infantry 25 6
47th Regiment Infantry 25 7
48th Regiment Infantry 25 8
49th Regiment Infantry 25 9
51st Regiment Infantry 25 10
53rd Regiment Infantry 25 11
54th Regiment Infantry 25 12
55th Regiment Infantry 25 13
56th Regiment Infantry 25 14
57th Regiment Infantry 25 15
59th Regiment Infantry 25 16
60th Regiment Infantry 25 17
61st Regiment Infantry 25 18
62nd Regiment Infantry 25 19
63rd Regiment Infantry (Staff) 25 20
64th Regiment Infantry 25 21
65th Regiment Infantry 26 1
66th Regiment Infantry 26 2
68th Regiment Infantry 26 3
69th Regiment Infantry 26 4
70th Regiment Infantry 26 5
71st Regiment Infantry 26 6
72nd Regiment Infantry 26 7
73rd Regiment Infantry 26 8
74th Regiment Infantry 26 9
75th Regiment Infantry 26 10
76th Regiment Infantry 26 11
77th Regiment Infantry 26 12
78th Regiment Infantry 26 13
79th Regiment Infantry 26 14
81st Regiment Infantry 26 15
82nd Regiment Infantry (also contains 83rd Regiment Infantry) 26 16
83rd Regiment Infantry 26 17
84th Regiment Infantry 26 18
85th Regiment Infantry 26 19
86th Regiment Infantry (1 of 2) 26 20
86th Regiment Infantry (2 of 2) 26 21
87th Regiment Infantry 26 22
88th Regiment Infantry 26 23
89th Regiment Infantry 27 1
90th Regiment Infantry 27 2
91st Regiment Infantry 27 3
92nd Regiment Infantry 27 4
93rd Regiment Infantry 27 5
undated 94th Regiment Infantry 2727 6
95th Regiment Infantry 27 7
96th Regiment Infantry 27 8
97th Regiment Infantry 27 9
98th Regiment Infantry 27 10
99th Union Coast Guard 27 11
100th Regiment Infantry 27 12
101st Regiment Infantry 27 13
102nd Regiment Infantry 27 14
undated 103rd Regiment Infantry 2727 15
undated 104th Regiment Infantry 2727 16
106th Regiment Infantry 27 17
107th Regiment Infantry 27 18
108th Regiment Infantry 27 19
109th Regiment Infantry 27 20
110th Regiment Infantry 27 21
111th Regiment Infantry 27 22
112th Regiment Infantry 27 23
114th Regiment Infantry 27 24
115th Regiment Infantry 27 25
116th Regiment Infantry 27 26
117th Regiment Infantry 28 1
118th Regiment Infantry 28 2
119th Regiment Infantry 28 3
120th Regiment Infantry 28 4
121st Regiment Infantry 28 5
122nd Regiment Infantry 28 6
123rd Regiment Infantry 28 7
125th Regiment Infantry 28 8
126th Regiment Infantry 28 9
127th Regiment Infantry 28 10
128th Regiment Infantry 28 11
130th Regiment Infantry 28 12
132nd Regiment Infantry (1 of 2) 28 13
132nd Regiment Infantry (2 of 2) 28 14
133rd Regiment Infantry 28 15
134th Regiment Infantry 28 16
136th Regiment Infantry 28 17
137th Regiment Infantry 28 18
139th Regiment Infantry 28 19
140th Regiment Infantry 28 20
141st Regiment Infantry (1 of 2) 29 1
141st Regiment Infantry (2 of 2) 29 2
142nd Regiment Infantry 29 3
143rd Regiment Infantry 29 4
144th Regiment Infantry 29 5
145th Regiment Infantry 29 6
146th Regiment Infantry 29 7
147th Regiment Infantry 29 8
148th Regiment Infantry 29 9
149th Regiment Infantry 29 10
150th Regiment Infantry 29 11
151st Regiment Infantry 29 12
152nd Regiment Infantry (also contains 153rd Regiment Infantry) 29 13
154th Regiment Infantry 29 14
155th Regiment Infantry 29 15
156th Regiment Infantry 29 16
157th Regiment Infantry 29 17
159th Regiment Infantry 29 18
160th Regiment Infantry 29 19
161st Regiment Infantry (1 of 2) 29 20
161st Regiment Infantry (2 of 2) 29 21
162nd Regiment Infantry 29 22
165th Regiment Infantry 30 1
169th Regiment Infantry 30 2
170th Regiment Infantry 30 3
173rd Regiment Infantry 30 4
176th Regiment Infantry 30 5
178th Regiment Infantry 30 6
179th Regiment Infantry 30 7
182nd Regiment Infantry 30 8
184th Regiment Infantry 30 9
185th Regiment Infantry 30 10
186th Regiment Infantry 30 11
188th Regiment Infantry 30 12
189th Regiment Infantry 30 13
192nd Regiment Infantry 30 14
193rd Regiment Infantry 30 15
7th New York State Militia 30 16
8th New York State Militia 30 17
12th New York State Militia 30 18
13th New York State Militia 30 19
17th New York State Militia 30 20
71st New York State Militia 30 21
78th New York State Militia 30 22
United States Navy 30 23
United States Artillery 30 24