Memorial album of the second New York Veteran Cavalry

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of documents pertaining to the Second Veteran Cavalry's organizational history during the Civil War. Included are special orders authorizing the organization of the unit; orders transferring the regiment to the Department of the Gulf; a letter requesting the resignation of the unit's adjutant; a signed petition requesting the regiment be mustered out of service; telegrams concerning the mustering out of the regiment; and portraits of Commissary Sergeant Charles E.
Title
Memorial album of the second New York Veteran Cavalry
Quantity
0.3 cubic feet; 1 volume
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
A4170
Creator
Arrangement

Arranged by type of record; roughly chronological.

Scope and Content Note

This album consists of various documents pertaining to the Second New York Veteran Cavalry's organizational history during the Civil War. Included in the album are copies of special orders issued by the New York State Adjutant General authorizing the organization of the unit (1863); copies of United States Adjutant General's special orders transferring the regiment to the Department of the Gulf (1864); letter from the regiment's officers requesting the resignation of the unit's adjutant (1864); petition to the Secretary of War requesting that the regiment be mustered out of service, accompanied by approximately 500 signatures of the unit's enlisted men (1865); copies of two telegrams concerning the mustering out of the regiment (1865); and the statement of former Commissary Sergeant Charles E. Beach presenting this volume to Colonel Morgan H. Chrysler, accompanied by portraits of Beach in 1864 and 1904 (ca. 1909).

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