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Displaying 36 Finding Aids
Title
- Adjutant General's Office correspondence and petitions
Series Number
- B0462
Summary
- This series consists of mostly routine and administrative correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and transmittal letters. There are also a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest.While most of the records were from military personnel, there is a significant amount of from private citizens; federal and state officials; adjutant generals from other states; New York State legislators; and representatives of military manufacturing firms.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
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.
Title
- Adjutant General's Office letter books of outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- A4145
Summary
- This series consists of two volumes of outgoing correspondence sent from the Adjutant General's office to officers of New York militia units, other military personnel, and Governors Daniel D. Tompkins and William L. Marcy. A significant amount of correspondence covers Governor Tompkins's effort to mobilize state resources at the beginning of the War of 1812 and the state's effort in 1846 to organize volunteers to fight in the Mexican War.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Description of New York State Militia by location
Series Number
- A4150
Summary
- These two volumes describe New York State Militia units by location during the 1840s and 1850s. It is likely that a portion of the series was generated in response to Chapter 270 of the Laws of 1846, which stipulated that all able-bodied white male citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the state be enrolled in the militia by the commanding officer of the company district in which they resided.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
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
- 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
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.
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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division of Military and Naval Affairs special orders
Series Number
- B2764
Summary
- This series contains special orders from the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, specifically the New York Air National Guard 174th Tactical Fighter Group and 174th Combat Support Squadron in Syracuse. Records include orders and rescinded orders for routine and special training exercises, promotions, and orders of duty.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
- New York (State). National Guard
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. Social security numbers are found throughout the series.
Title
- Memorial album of the second New York Veteran Cavalry
Series Number
- A4170
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.
Creator
- New York (State). State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York Guard service cards and enlistment records
Series Number
- B2000
Summary
- The New York Guard was created and later reactivated as a state defense force to replace the New York National Guard when the latter was mobilized into federal service during the two world wars. This series consists of service record cards for veterans of the New York Guard. Information varies but minimally includes name, address, date of enlistment, company, and regiment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm roll no. 61 is partially restricted to protect personal privacy (medical reports).
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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.