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Displaying 72 Finding Aids
Title
- Roster of Staff Officers and Enlisted Men of the 128th Regiment, New York Volunteers
Series Number
- A4143
Summary
- This series consists of volumes providing the names of enlisted men and officers who constituted the 128th Regiment, New York Volunteers. In addition to name, the roster provides: rank; birthplace; date of discharge; wounds received (usually a brief description); date and place of death, if applicable; date deserted, if applicable; promotions received and dates, if applicable; and date of discharge.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissary General's Office annual report
Series Number
- A4142
Summary
- This series contains the annual report of the Commissary General's Office for 1852, prepared by Commissary General Daniel Lee.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissary General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statistical register pertaining to the 1864 enrollment of men liable for duty in the National Guard
Series Number
- A4156
Summary
- This volume contains the statistical results of the 1864 enrollment as mandated by legislation of 1862. This enrollment pertains to men eligible for service in the state's National Guard, as opposed to the enrollment of 1862, which recorded men eligible to be drafted into the federal service. Data provided includes district number; and for each town, the total number of men enrolled, exempt, and liable to duty. These figures are then totaled on a county-wide level.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Historical notes on New York Volunteer regiments
Series Number
- A4134
Summary
- This series consists of volumes compiled by the Bureau of Military Statistics detailing the organizational history of New York States Volunteer infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments that participated in the Civil War. Included is information on the unit's recruitment; organization; terms of enlistment; presentation and final disposition of flags; uniforms and equipment; and mustering out.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to newspaper articles concerning New York State Volunteer and Militia units
Series Number
- A4120
Summary
- This index consists of approximately 218 items providing multiple references to newspapers containing articles mainly concerning military matters in which New York State Volunteer and Militia units were involved. This index was most likely produced in order to provide access to the Bureau of Military Statistics' newspaper collection.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Soldiers' Depot Board of Managers proceedings and reports
Series Number
- A4108
Summary
- Established in 1863, the Soldiers' Depot was to be "a place of rest and relief for the sick and wounded, furloughed and discharged soldiers belonging to the State of New York who shall have been, now are, or may hereafter be engaged in the United States service while being transported to and from their homes..." This series consists of minutes, resolutions, reports, and a small amount of correspondence generated by or directed to the Board of Managers of the Depot.
Creator
- New York State Soldiers' Depot. Board of Managers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Regimental records pertaining to the First Regiment of Artillery, New York State Volunteers
Series Number
- A0227
Summary
- These two volumes contain membership and attendance information for Battery C of the First New York Artillery. Volume one lists all battery members, followed by those members absent for various reasons. Volume two includes totals of men present for duty; on special, extra, or daily duty; sick; in arrest or confinement; and details of absences and alterations since the last report.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Commissary General's Office administrative files
Series Number
- A4105
Summary
- This series consists of invoices of ordnance and ordnance stores, receipts, monthly ordnance returns, incoming correspondence, requisitions, duplicate bills and invoices, and lists of military expenditures directed to and generated by the State Commissary General's Office. This office is essentially responsible for the preservation, issue, and transportation of the arms, equipment, and other military property of the state. These records provide detailed information on the types of arms, equipment, and accoutrements stored by state arsenals and armories.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissary General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York Military Agency superintendent's ledger regarding field offices' accounts
Series Number
- A4138
Summary
- This volume details the financial status of each of the New York Military Agency's field offices, mainly for the year 1865 (only three entries are for 1867). The ledger also records accounts with individuals with whom the agency had business relationships. Usually, specifics of a transaction are not provided. Rather, general notations such as expenses, expenditures, services, check, or voucher are used when recording debits or credits.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rough abstracts of expenditures for salaries and ordnance
Series Number
- A4110
Summary
- This series consists of handwritten abstracts of expenditures which, for the most part, detail the names, grades, positions, and salaries paid to individuals serving in the Military Department. Other abstracts provide information on ordnance distributed to various units but these are few in number and differ greatly in content. Offices which submitted abstracts include those of the Surgeon General, Inspector General, Commissary General, Judge Advocate General, Paymaster General, and Quartermaster General.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence received from medical officers of New York State Volunteer units
Series Number
- A4104
Summary
- This series consists of incoming correspondence from various medical personnel affiliated with New York State Volunteer Units, directed to the Surgeon General. Most of the letters were generated by regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons. They are arranged numerically by regiment number and therein chronologically.
Creator
- New York (State). Surgeon General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Militia enrollment statistical returns filed by county boards of supervisors
Series Number
- A4109
Summary
- This series consists of printed forms submitted by the clerks of county boards of supervisors to the Adjutant General's Office detailing the number of men liable to perform military duty. County assessment rolls were used to produce the returns which contain the following information: name of town or number of ward; number of persons enrolled belonging to fire companies; number of persons liable to perform military duty not belonging to military or fire companies; total number enrolled; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Schuyler County Board of Supervisors proceedings
Series Number
- A4121
Summary
- This series consists of copies of minutes of proceedings of the Schuyler County Board of Supervisors from October through December 1862. The proceedings deal mainly with non-military matters such as real property valuation and assessment and claims submitted before the board from a variety of people for services rendered or materials sold. It is unclear why this material was forwarded and retained by the bureau.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Examples of state commissions issued to military officers
Series Number
- A4112
Summary
- This series consists of commissions utilized by northern states in commissioning general officers during the Civil War. The commissions are blank except for signatures of appropriate state officials (i.e., adjutant-general or governor) and the state seal. The commissions were collected by the Bureau of Military Statistics in 1865. The chief of the bureau, in his first annual report, announced that it would be the bureau's intention to seek for "every fact relating to the rebellion."
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative correspondence and related records
Series Number
- A4106
Summary
- This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence to the Quartermaster General's office but also includes copies of special orders and resolutions of the Military Board, invoices, vouchers, receipts, cancelled checks, inspection reports, and samples of cloth to be used in manufacturing uniforms. Much of the series deals with the procurement, inspection, issuance, and payment of uniforms, rations and tents during the Civil War. There is also a large amount of correspondence directed to "Acting Assistant Quartermaster General" Chester A. Arthur.
Creator
- New York (State). Quartermaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of soldiers who visited the Washington office
Series Number
- A4136
Summary
- This register contains names and needs of soldiers who visited the Washington, D.C. office of the New York Military Agency between December, 1863 and May, 1865. Information in the register includes soldier's name, rank, residence, regiment, company, location, date and reason for visit.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Telegrams pertaining to the 1892 Buffalo Riot
Series Number
- A4122
Summary
- This series includes correspondence primarily between militia leaders and occasionally their subordinates. One can find a number of telegrams and letters addressed to Major General Josiah Porter in Albany, Governor Roswell P. Flower, and Brigadier Generals Peter Doyle and James McLeer. The content of these telegrams and letters centers on the mobilization of state militia troops at Buffalo, but many also contain descriptions of the chaos erupting in the city.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records pertaining to various monuments and dedication ceremonies
Series Number
- A4123
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, reports, copies of financial statements, and other records concerning the celebration of New York Day at the Chicago World's Fair; the dedication of the Trenton, New Jersey Battle Monument at Van Cortlandt Park; and the dedication of the New York State Monument at Gettysburg. The bulk of the series deals with the latter event and consists mainly of materials prepared by A.J. Zabriskie, the Engineer and Secretary of the New York Monuments Commission.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Case registers of New York medical agents
Series Number
- A4137
Summary
- This series consists of two bound volumes compiled by Medical agents assigned to the Washington office of the New York Military Agency. The registers date between February, 1865 and September, 1866. Volume one relates mainly to the processing of soldiers' claims for back pay, invalid pensions, or other monetary concerns. Volume two records claims of soldiers in hospitals applying for discharges, transfers, or furloughs.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence pertaining to enrollment procedures
Series Number
- A4124
Summary
- This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence directed to Brigadier General Isaac Vanderpoel, Engineer in Chief and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. The bulk of the correspondence deals with the enrollment of men into the State's National Guard. The majority of the records pertain to routine administrative matters such as requests for enrollment books; appointments of enrolling officers; transmission of enrollment records and lists of names of enrolling officers for regimental districts; and questions concerning specific enrollment procedures.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Engineer in Chief
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.