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Title

Transcriptions of Civil War records

Series Number

A0257

Summary

This series consists of transcriptions of official reports, correspondence, and orders primarily relating to the volunteer artillery, cavalry, and engineer regiments furnished by New York during the Civil War. Most of these records were transcribed from the multi-volume U.S. War Department publication, <emph render="italic">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</emph>. These transcriptions provide a chronological record of the activities of individual units during the Civil War as reported in the Official Records.

Creator

• New York (State). State Historian

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Title

Descriptive Roll of the Howitzer Battery, Eleventh Brigade, National Guard

Series Number

13725

Summary

This series consists of a listing of officers and privates in the Howitzer Battery of the Eleventh Brigade, New York National Guard. Information about commissioned and non-commissioned officers include name; date of election or appointment; and remarks on promotion, discharge, or other changes in status. The alphabetical register of privates includes name, age, enlistment information, birthplace, occupation, and remarks on change in status.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

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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

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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

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Title

Abstracts of muster rolls for men who served in the United States Marine Corps during the Civil War

Series Number

B0804

Summary

This series consists of printed abstracts describing the military service of New York men who served in the United States Marine Corps during the Civil War. The abstracts provide the following information: name, birthplace, to what place credited, date of enlistment, place of enlistment, term, rank, names of vessels on which served, and final disposition (discharged, deserted, died, etc.).

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

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Title

Registers recording enrollment of persons liable to military duty (Buffalo 1st Ward and Tonawanda)

Series Number

A4155

Summary

These two volumes record the names, ages, and occupations of men liable to military duty who lived in Tonawanda and Buffalo's first ward. They also note those individuals who were exempt from the enrollment due to occupation, age, mental capacity, physical fitness, or present military status.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

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Title

Regimental records pertaining to the Twenty-Second Regiment of New York State Volunteers

Series Number

A4166

Summary

These four volumes contain descriptive lists; names and addresses of ex-members of the regiment; and general and special orders.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

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Title

Muster Rolls of New York State Volunteer Units

Series Number

B1915

Summary

This series consists of 99 muster rolls from the 5th and 13th New York Calvary, and the 58th, 68th, 119th, and 141st New York State Volunteers. Each muster roll contains the following information: name and rank of the soldier, where and when they were mustered in, person they were mustered in by, age, terms of service, and a breakdown of their salary due. Some vouchers and forms regarding servants also appear.

Creator

• United States. Army. Paymaster General's Office

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Title

Registers of letters received concerning military affairs

Series Number

A4206

Summary

These registers describe the contents and disposition of letters pertaining to military affairs received by the governor's office. Volume one records all incoming correspondence received by Governor Edwin D. Morgan between June 4, 1862 and August 25, 1862. Volume two records correspondence received by the governor's office from March 28, 1865 through October 17, 1870. The majority of the correspondence pertains to recommendations for promotion of officers; requests for transfers, passes, commissions, etc.; resignations; discharges; and other routing administrative matters.

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Title

Register pertaining to various accounts and subjects

Series Number

A4207

Summary

These records were used by the Bureau of Military Statistics to document various activities. Most records deal with accounts of the Military Record Fund; administrative expenses of the Bureau of Military Statistics; and organization and equipment and supplies issued to New York State Militia and Volunteer regiments. Also included are reports, forms, articles missing from the Bureau of Military Statistics, and general orders from the Adjutant General's Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics

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Title

Register of bounty applications

Series Number

A4164

Summary

This volume documents applications for state bounty monies. Each entry in the register provides date application was received; name; company; regiment; bounty claimed; and remarks. The remarks usually consist of brief statements concerning date of enlistment, desertions, dates of previous bounty payments, or length of service. At the end of each month, the number of applications received and amounts awarded are totaled.

Creator

• New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

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Title

Register of men claiming bounty money due

Series Number

A4165

Summary

This volume records the names of men who filed bounty claims. Each entry provides name, rank, company, and regiment. No information is provided on the date the claim was filed, amount claimed, or if the claim was awarded. There are no dates contained within the volume but it was probably compiled sometime between 1865 and 1868 when the majority of claims were filed.

Creator

• New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

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Title

Files of the U.S. Paymaster at Albany

Series Number

A0100

Summary

This unprocessed, disarranged series consists of various types of records including muster rolls, payrolls, vouchers, and correspondence.

Creator

• United States. Army. Paymaster (Albany, N.Y.)

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Title

Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields

Series Number

A0468

Summary

Most records pertain to land conveyed and dedicated to erecting monuments and markers of the location of New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg. Included are transmittal letters, agreements, legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications. Information includes a deed of conveyance and dedication to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought by New York Regiments and Batteries.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

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Title

Records

Series Number

A0087

Summary

Records of the 51st Regiment include correspondence, general orders, medical discharges, furloughs and leaves of absence, quarterly returns, inventories, invoices, receipts, requisitions, muster rolls, and payrolls. Included is one microfilm reel of letters from Captain Henry W. Francis to his wife, 1861-1864.

Creator

• New York (State). Militia Volunteers. Regiment, 51st

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Title

Abstracts of muster rolls of men unassigned to any state or federal unit during the Civil War

Series Number

B0805

Summary

This series consists of abstracts partially describing the military service of New York men who were mustered into service but were not assigned to a unit during the Civil War. Abstracts list: name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; birthplace; occupation; eye and hair color; complexion; height; and Congressional District number. Some include how each man left his organization and remarks such as drafted, a substitute (often named), or deserted.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

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Title

Abstracts of muster rolls for men who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War

Series Number

B0803

Summary

This series consists of abstracts describing the military service of New Yorkers who served in the United States Navy as officers or enlisted men (bulk of entries) during the Civil War. The abstracts contain: name, birthplace, from where appointed, date of appointment, rank, promotions, names of vessels on which served, and final disposition (resigned, retired, died, or dismissed). Some abstracts include: physical descriptions (eye and hair color, complexion, and height), as well as age, place of birth and occupation.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion

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