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Displaying 28 Finding Aids
Title
- Records
Series Number
- A0107
Summary
- The series consists of a small quantity of correspondence, reports, rosters of commissioned officers, provision returns, special and general orders, reports, morning reports and related records concerning the Independent Corps, Light Infantry. The regiment, which was also known as the "Enfants Perdu" or "Lost Children," was initially mustered into federal service in 1862. The unit disbanded in 1864 when the enlisted men transferred to several regiments.
Creator
- New York (State). Militia Volunteers. Independent Corps, Light Infantry
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers
Series Number
- A0802
Summary
- The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.
Title
- National Guard regimental and brigade files of Brigadier General James Gibson
Series Number
- A3283
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, special and general orders, morning reports, descriptive lists, and ordnance returns pertaining to commands held by Brigadier General James Gibson in the state's National Guard. The bulk of the series post-dates the Civil War and concerns Gibson's command of the 12th Brigade of the Third Division. The series also contains a small amount of material concerning Gibson's command of the 30th New York State National Guard between 1862 and 1865.
Creator
- New York (State). National Guard. Brigade, 12th
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Claims submitted for expenditures incurred in the organization, equipment, and subsistence of troops mustered into federal service
Series Number
- A4116
Summary
- This series consists of miscellaneous claims, correspondence, vouchers, and receipts received and audited by the Auditing Board. A law of 1862 appointed the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General and Quartermaster General to constitute an auditing board to examine claims "incurred in the organization, pay, equipment, quartering, subsistence and other proper expenses of troops raised... for the service of the United States...and which...have not hitherto been allowed and paid."
Creator
- New York (State). Auditing Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls for substitutes unassigned to any unit during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0813
Summary
- This series consists of printed abstracts that partially describe the military service of substitutes from New York who were mustered into service but never assigned to either a federal or a state unit. Information includes name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; birthplace; occupation; eye and hair color; complexion; height; congressional district number; and name and residence of the man who furnished the substitute.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls of the 26th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops from New York State
Series Number
- B0807
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts describing the military service of New York men who served in the 26th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Individual abstracts provide the following information: name; date and place of enlistment; age (in years); length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; company and regiment; date left the organization; how (mustered out, discharged, deserted, etc.); in what grade; explanation (usually left blank); and remarks (only occasionally filled in).
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Surgeon's report on examinations of applicants in Steuben County claiming exemption from military duty on account of physical disability
Series Number
- A4157
Summary
- This report was created by Stephen Hagadorn, examining surgeon for the County of Steuben, to the commissioner responsible for overseeing the draft process in this county, and documents men applying for military exemption. The report provides the names of men and a brief description of their disability.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Military and education records
Series Number
- A4323
Summary
- This is a fragmentary series of documents relating to military and educational matters. The military documents pertain to personnel issues such as resignations, vacancies and appointments. Included are two documents with lists of names from the 201st Regiment and the 69th Regiment. Also include are school schedules from Montgomery County and partial election tallies for Albany County. Many documents are faded, burned, and incomplete.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Miscellaneous papers concerning legislative matters
Series Number
- L0009
Summary
- This series consists of mainly correspondence, but also reports, minutes of land office commissioners, depositions, memoranda, lists of expenditures and appropriations, petitions, and claims. These may have been the working papers of Senator Thomas Hillhouse. Also included are financial matters such as claims requiring settlement or appropriations made by the legislature.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of officers and enlisted men mustered into federal military or naval service during the Civil War
Series Number
- A0389
Summary
- In 1863, the State Legislature mandated that the Bureau of Military Statistics collect and preserve an "authentic sketch of every person from this State who has volunteered into the service of the general government" since April 15, 1861. The six volumes that comprise this series were compiled in partial fullment of that directive. The volumes contain both military and civil information on New York men mustered into federal military or naval service during the Civil War.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- National Guard Second Division 3rd Artillery Battery descriptive rolls
Series Number
- B0310
Summary
- This series consists of descriptive roll books of the 3rd Battery of Artillery, Second Division, National Guard, headquartered in Brooklyn. Roll books include roster of commissioned and non-commissioned officers; register of privates; men discharged; men dropped, transferred, or promoted out of the battery; register of deaths; and men expelled or deserted. Entries include the name and other descriptive information depending on type of roll book.
Creator
- New York (State). National Guard. Second Division. Artillery Battery, 3rd
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Photograph album of Cuba
Series Number
- A3237
Summary
- This album includes photographs of the 12th Infantry Regiment from 1898-1899 largely over the course of its deployment to Cuba in 1899. Activities depicted include scenes of camp life (mess lines, working, relaxing, tents, pets, games, visitors), military life (inspections, marching, drilling), and people and places (buildings, fortifications, coastline, on board a ship).
Creator
- New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, Twelfth
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York National Guard service cards
Series Number
- B2001
Summary
- This series consists of summary service records of members of New York National Guard units. Information typically includes name, date of birth, place of birth, home address, date of enlistment, unit enlisted into, date of separation, how separated (honorable discharge, etc.), and dates of reenlistment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway Administrative Files
Title
- Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway administrative files
Series Number
- B0237
Summary
- This series consists of documents relating to the acquisition of land deemed necessary by the federal government for establishment of defensive works at Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York during World War I. Included are correspondence, minutes of meetings, exhibit materials, a few photographs, and copies of maps, plans, and legislation documenting work of the commission in acquiring and making improvements to the land for purposes of public defense.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls of National Guard units mustered into federal service during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0800
Summary
- These abstracts were compiled from original muster rolls of New York State Militia units that were temporarily mustered into federal service during the Civil War. Thirty eight of the sixty-five militia organizations that served in the Civil War are documented in this series. The abstracts contain the following categories of information for each individual: date of enlistment; age (in years); place of enlistment and for how long; date mustered in; grade; explanation; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Enlistment Roll of the Third Battery, Second Division
Series Number
- 13724
Summary
- The Enlistment Roll contains signatures, ages, residences, and dates of enlistment for members of the Third Battery of Artillery, Second Division, New York National Guard, headquartered in Brooklyn.
Creator
- New York (State). National Guard
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to the commission's administrative files
Series Number
- B0240
Summary
- This series consists of 3" x 5" index cards that serve as the index to the Administrative files of the Rockaway Beach Commission (Series B0237). The index provides the following information: the date, name of correspondent or subject, number (if correspondence), letter (if exhibit), a brief description of content, and whether it was received or sent.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Extracts of minutes
Series Number
- A3311
Summary
- This series consists primarily of resolutions of the board and brief reports of board members concerning raising of troops, commissioning of officers, organizing companies into regiments, and mustering regiments into federal service.
Creator
- New York (State). Military Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls of Veteran Reserve Corps troops from New York State
Series Number
- B0806
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts for New York men who served in the Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps), an organization of men unfit for regular duty but who were healthy enough for prison guard, hospital, and military police duties. Abstracts include: name; date, place, and length of enlistment; age; date mustered in; grade; company and regiment; how, when, and in what grade the individual left the organization and "remarks," (typically the soldier's prior military service).
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls for colored enlisted men unassigned to any unit during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0812
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts partially describing the military service of "colored" New York enlisted men mustered into service but never assigned to a federal or state unit. "Unassigned" refers to men located at recruiting depots and stations when the federal government ceased recruitment; men permanently assigned duty at these depots and stations; and men who deserted before being assigned to or while en route to their unit. Information includes name, physical description, birth date, occupation, grade, and enlistment data.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.