New York State Adjutant General's Office Regimental Records Pertaining to the First Regiment of Artillery, New York State…

Chronological by year.

This series consists of two volumes that were apparently compiled by Sergeant David Cole, who was a member of Battery C of the First Regiment of New York Artillery.

Volume one contains a variety of entries, all in manuscript. The first appears to be a list of members of Battery C of the First New York Artillery. This is followed by names of men absent from the battery for a variety of reasons. The last portion of the volume appears to be some sort of monthly attendance record. Entries in the volume date between 1864 and 1865.

Volume two consists of printed morning reports for Battery C dating between January 1863 through May 1865. These reports provide numerical totals of men present for duty, on special duty, on extra duty, on daily duty, sick, in arrest or confinement, horses serviceable or unserviceable, and details of absences (on detached service, with leave, without leave, sick, or retained by civil authorities), and alterations since last report (new enlistments, killed, discharged, wounded, etc.). Most of these categories are subdivided by rank (enlisted men, commissioned officers, or by specific rank). Each report is signed by the first sergeant and the company commander. The reports also record noteworthy events such as discharges, dead horses, furloughs, etc., in a remarks section.

Item list.

It is unclear exactly how these volumes came into the State's possession. They may have been forwarded to the Adjutant General who in turn transferred them to the State Library; the State Library then transferred the volumes to the State Archives in the spring of 1978. A second possibility is that the volumes could have been donated to the Bureau of Military Statistics. In 1911 and 1912 the Adjutant General's Office transferred a large number of items collected by the bureau to the State Library. These two volumes may have been included among the transfer.

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