New York State Adjutant General's Office Registers Recording Enrollment of Persons Liable to Military Duty (Buffalo 1st Ward and Tonawanda) A4155

New York State Adjutant General's Office Registers Recording Enrollment of Persons Liable to Military Duty (Buffalo 1st Ward and Tonawanda)

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

These two volumes record the names, ages, and occupations of men liable to military duty who lived in Tonawanda and Buffalo's first ward. They also note those individuals who were exempt from the enrollment due to occupation, age, mental capacity, physical fitness, or present military status.

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Title:

Registers recording enrollment of persons liable to military duty (Buffalo 1st Ward and Tonawanda)

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1862

Series Number:

A4155

Arrangement

Alphabetic by geographical location, then alphabetic by name.

Scope and Content Note

These two volumes record the names, ages, and occupations of men liable to military duty who lived in Tonawanda and Buffalo's first ward.

The registers also note those individuals who were exempt from the enrollment due to occupation, age, mental capacity, physical fitness, or present military status. The enrollments were made pursuant to General Order No. 67, 1862 and filed in the Adjutant General's Office in September (for Tonawanda) and October (Buffalo), 1862. The location of enrollment registers for the rest of the state is unknown.