New York State Paymaster General's Office Register of Bounty Claims A4159

New York State Paymaster General's Office Register of Bounty Claims

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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:

This volume lists bounty claims of New York State soldiers who served during the Civil War. The volume appears to be a register of bounty claims which for the most part had not yet been paid, and only includes claims of men who served in the 106th through 156th volunteer infantry regiments. Each entry provides the claimant's name, regiment, company, amount due, date paid, and remarks.

Creator:

New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

Title:

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1864-1865

Series Number:

A4159

Arrangement

Alphabetic by first letter of last name and therein numeric by claimant's regiment number.

Scope and Content Note

This bound volume lists bounty claims of New York State soldiers who served during the Civil War. The volume appears to be a register of bounty claims which for the most part have yet to be paid. Furthermore, the volume may be only a portion of what was once a larger series since it only records claims of men who served in the 106th through 156th volunteer regiments.

Each entry provides the claimant's name, regiment, company, amount due, date paid, and remarks. The column recording date paid is almost always blank, which might indicate that these claims were not paid when the series was created. The remarks section often contains such notes as: "no roll furnished to Adjutant General;" "stricken from roll;" "marked absent on roll;" "discharged;" "deserted;" "supposed to be a deserter;" or "marked on roll absent without leave."