Civil War Genealogy & History for NNeeww YYoorrkk SSttaattee: Selected Sources in the Grosvenor Room

1st Civil War Casualty Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth of Saratoga Springs, NY

Key Grosvenor Room * = Oversized book Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Dewey = Dewey Decimal collection, Closed stacks 1 Lafayette Square Buffalo = Buffalo Collection in Grosvenor Room Buffalo, NY 14203-1887 GRO = Grosvenor Room (716) 858-8900 Military Ref. = Reference book, cannot be borrowed www.buffalolib.org Closed Stacks = Closed Stacks, see a librarian April 2014

Table of Contents

General How-To Guides ...... 3 Artillery ...... 4 Cavalry ...... 5 Engineers ...... 6 Infantry ...... 6 Sources Other Than Regimental Histories ...... 16 Databases ...... 18 Rare Book Room ...... 19 Selected Websites ...... 19 Union Census 1890 ...... 20 Union Census Indexes ...... 20 The Online Catalog of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library ...... 21 Where Else Can I Research New York Civil War Ancestors? ...... 21

Introduction This bibliography is designed to assist those researching Civil War veterans and units in New York State outside of Erie County.

While it omits regiments that were formed partly or mostly of Erie County men, it does include several statewide sources, such as Union censuses and genealogical databases, that include all counties. Please note that there are separate handouts for these topics:

Civil War Genealogy & History for Buffalo & Erie County Civil War Genealogy & History for States Other Than New York

All Grosvenor Room guides can be found here: http://www.buffalolib.org/content/grosvenor/guides-publications

Our collection includes indexes and muster rolls of soldiers who served in the Union and Confederate armies, numerous regimental histories, Civil War research handbooks, pension file indexes, and other sources which list servicemen from New York State.

Nearly everything listed here can be found in the Grosvenor Room (GRO). Material in the Grosvenor Room does not circulate and cannot be removed from the room. For titles from the Closed Stacks, please see a librarian for assistance. In a few cases, there are extra copies of these books that can be borrowed from the Non-Fiction Department.

Books are listed in call number order. Shelf locations are always subject to change.

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General How-To Guides GRO Military Ref. *CD3033 1985 Military Service Records: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1985 GRO Military Ref. CD3047 .M67 2001 Morebeck, Nancy Justus Locating Union & Confederate Records: A Guide to the Most Commonly Used Civil War Records of the National Archives and Family History Library North Salt Lake, UT: HeritageQuest, 2001 GRO Military Ref. CD3047 .M8 1986 Munden, Kenneth W. The Union: A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1986 GRO Military Ref. CD3047 .U55 1999 Lorello, Daniel, comp. The Union Preserved: A Guide to Civil War Records in the New York State Archives New York: Fordham University Press and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, 1999 GRO Military Ref. CS68 .H6 1990 Horowitz, Lois A Bibliography of Military Name Lists from Pre-1675 to 1900: A Guide to Genealogical Research Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990 GRO Military Ref. *E181 .N42 1994 Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1994 GRO Military Ref. E185.96 .S424 1997 Braxton-Secret, Jeanette Guide to Tracing Your African Ameripean Civil War Ancestor, 3rd ed. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997 GRO Military Ref. E491.U482 . Adjutant-General’s Office. List of Synonyms of Organizations in the Volunteer Service of the United States during the Years 1861, ’62,’63, ’64 and ’65… Washington, Govt. Printing Office, 1885 GRO Military Ref. E494 .M38 2003 McManus, Stephen Civil War Research Guide: A Guide for Researching Your Civil War Ancestor Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003 GRO E494 .S3 1982 Schweitzer, George K. Civil War Genealogy: A Basic Research Guide for Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors Knoxville, TN: G.K. Schweitzer, 1982 GRO Military Ref. E494 .Z55 1982 Zimmermann, Richard J. Unit Organizations of the Cambridge, Ont: Rafm, 1982 GRO Military Ref. E Z1242 .D6 Dornbusch, C.E. Regimental Publications & Personal Narratives of the Civil War: A Checklist New York: New York Public Library, 1961 3 General How-To Guides GRO Military Ref. *F123 .N68 1985 New York State Archives Civil War Records in the New York State Archives Albany, NY: Office of Cultural Education, 1985 GRO Military Ref. F208 .S44 2005 Segars, J. H. In Search of Confederate Ancestors: The Guide Madison, GA: Southern Lion Books, 2005

Artillery

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.7 Kirk, Hyland C. 4th .K57 Heavy Guns and Light: A History of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery 1890 New York: Burr Printing House, 1890 E523.7 Hudnut, James M. 8th .H9 Casualties by Battles and by Names in the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery New York: 1913 E523.7 Roe, Alfred Seelye 9th .R6 The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery 1899 Worcester, MA: The Author, 1899 E523.7 Webb, Edward P. 10th .W4 History of the 10th Regiment N.Y. Heavy Artillery from Madison Barracks to Appomattox, with Reminiscences… Watertown, NY: Post Books and Job Printing Establishment, 1887 E523.8 Smith, James E. 4th A Famous Battery and its Campaigns, 1861-'64. The Career of Corporal James Tanner in War and in Peace… Washington, DC: W. H. Lowdermilk & Co., 1892 E523.8 Irving, Theodore 6th “More Than Conqueror” or Memorial of Col. J. Howard Kitching, Sixth New York Artillery, Army of the Potomac New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1873 E523.8 Breshears, Guy 13th .B74 Loyal Till Death: A Diary of the 13th New York Artillery 2003 Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2003 E523.8 Merrill, J.W., comp. 24th Records of the 24th Independent Battery, N.Y. Light Artillery, N.S.V. 2000 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, 1870 Dewey Century Association (New York, N.Y.) 923.2 Proceedings of the Century Association in Honor of the Memory of Brig.-Gen. James W117C S. Wadsworth and Colonel Peter A. Porter, With the Eulogies Read by William J. Hoppin and Frederic S. Cozzens. December 3, 1864 New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1865 Dewey Roemer, Jacob 971.4 Reminiscences of the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865 353 Flushing, NY: Pub. by the Estate of J. Roemer, 1897 34th Battery 4

Cavalry

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E475.53 Beaudry, Louis N. .B385 War Journal of Louis N. Beaudry, Fifth New York Cavalry: The Diary of a Union 1996 Chaplain, Commencing February 16, 1863 Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996 E523.6 Beach, William Harrison 1st .B4 The First New York (Lincoln Cavalry) from April 19,1861 to July 7, 1865 1902 New York: The Lincoln Cavalry Association, 1902 E523.6 Bowen, J.R. 1st .D6 Regimental History of the First New York Dragoons (Originally the 130th N.Y. Vol. Infantry) During Three Years of Active Service in the Great Civil War [Battle Creek, MI.] The Author, 1900 E523.6 Boudrye, Louis N. 5th .B68 Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry, First Ira Harris Guard. . . . 1865 Albany, NY: S.R. Gray, 1865 E523.6 Foster, Alonzo 6th .F66 Reminiscences and Record of the 6th New York V.V. Cavalry 1998 [Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1998] E523.6 Committee on Regimental History 6th .N4 History of the Sixth New York Cavalry (Second Ira Harris Guard) 1908 Worchester, MA: The Blanchard Press, 1908 E523.6 Norton, Henry 8th .N67 Deeds of Daring, or History of the Eighth N.Y. Volunteer Cavalry 1889 Norwich, NY: Chenango Telegraph Printing House, 1889 E523.6 Cheney, Newel 9th History of the Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry Jamestown, NY: Martin Merz & Son, 1901 E523.6 Taylor, Gray Nelson 9th .T39 Saddle and Saber: Civil War Letters of Corporal Nelson Taylor, Ninth New York State 1993 Volunteers Cavalry to his Father Shubael Taylor and Sister Hannah… Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993 E523.6 Preston, Noble D. 10th .P8 History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry New York State 10th Volunteers, August 1892 1861 to August 1865 New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1892 E523.6 Tremain, Lyman 10th .T8 Memorial of Frederick Lyman Tremain, Late Lieut. Col. of the 10th N.Y. Cavalry Albany, NY: Van Banthuysen’s Steam Printing House, 1865 E523.6 Smith, Thomas West 11th .S7 The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: "Scott's 900" Eleventh New York Cavalry, from the St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico, 1861-1865 [Chicago, IL] Veteran Association of the Regiment [1897] E523.6 Norton, Chauncey S. 15th “The Red Neck Ties”, or History of the Fifteenth New York Volunteer Cavalry Ithaca, NY: Journal Book and Job Printing House, 1891 E523.6 Reed, T. J. 21st .R44 Tibbits' Boys: A History of the 21st New York Cavalry 1997 Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997 5 Cavalry

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.6 Burns, Michael G. 22nd .B87 From Rochester to Winchester: The Regimental History of the 22nd New York Cavalry 2000 1864-1865 Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000 E601 Adams, Francis Colburn .A212 A Trooper’s Adventures in the War for the Union New York: Hurst & Co. [18--] 1st Cavalry E611 Cooper, A. 12th .C77 In and Out of Rebel Prisons Oswego, NY: R.J. Oliphant, Printer, 1888 Dewey Lewis, Charles Edward 971.4 War Sketches. No. 1: With the First Dragoons in Virginia 341 [s.l.: s.n., 1897] Gros. Owens, Ira S. 973.741 Greene County Soldiers in the Late War, Being a History of the Seventy-Fourth O. V. I. C.74O Dayton, OH: Christian Publishing House Print, 1884 Includes sketches and rosters for 3rd N.Y. Cavalry

Engineers

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Brainerd, Wesley 50th .B73 Bridge Building in Wartime: Colonel Wesley Brainerd's Memoir of the 50th New York 1997 Volunteer Engineers Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1997 E523.5 Owen, Thomas James 50th .O94 "Dear Friends at Home--": The Letters and Diary of Thomas James Owen, Fiftieth New 1985 York Volunteer Engineer Regiment, During the Civil War Washington, DC: Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers: For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1985] E523.9 Palladino, Anita, ed. .W47 Diary of a Yankee Engineer: The Civil War Sory of John H. Westervelt, Egineer, 1st 1997 New York Volunteer Engineer Corps New York: Fordham University Press, 1997

Infantry

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E481 Lockwood, John .G3 L8 Our Campaign Around Gettysburg: Being a Memorial of What Was Endured, Suffered, and Accomplished by the Twenty-Third Regiment (N.Y.S.N.G.) and Other Regiments… Brooklyn, NY: A. H. Rome, 1864

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date *E523 English, Charles L. .E65 The Bluecoats of Windsor and “Major Jed” of the Grays 1968 [Windsor, NY]: Old Onaguaga Historical Society, 1968 E523 United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 83d (1861-1864) 83D History of the Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M. -- N.G.S.N.Y. (Eighty-Third N. Y. Volunteers) 1845-1888 New York: Pub. Under the Auspices of Veterans of the Regiment, 1889 E523.4 Presentation of Flags of New York Volunteer Regiments .N5 Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Co. Printers, 1865 E523.5 Davenport, Alfred 5th .D38 Camp and Field Life of the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry 1879 New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1879 E523.5 Schroeder, Patrick A. 5th .S37 We Came to Fight: The History of the 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry: 1998 Duryee's Zouaves (1863-1865) Brookneal, VA: Patrick A. Schroeder Publications, 1998 E423.5 Morris, Gouverneur 6th .M67 The History of a Volunteer Regiment; Being a Succinct Account of the Organization, 1891 Services and Adventures of the Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers Infantry Known as Wilson Zouaves New York: Veteran Volunteer Publishing Company, 1891 E523.5 Greene, R.H., comp. 7th War Veterans of the Seventh Regiment, N.G.S., N.Y. 1894 New York: 1894 E523.5 Clark, Emmons 7th .C6 History of the Seventh Regiment of New York, 1806-1889 2 vols. New York: The Seventh Regiment, 1890 E523.5 Falls, De Witt Clinton. 7th .F2 History of the Seventh Regiment, 1889-1922 1948 New York: Veterans of the Seventh Regiment, 1948 E493.5 Bilby, Joseph G. .I683 B55 The Irish Brigade in the Civil War: The 69th New York and Other Irish Regiments of 1997 the Army of the Potomac Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1997 E523.5 Roehrenbeck, William Joseph 7th .R6 The Regiment That Saved the Capital New York: T. Yoseloff, 1961 E523.5 Swinton, William 7th .S94 History of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard, State of New York, During the War 1870 of the Rebellion, etc. Illustrated by Thomas Nast New York & Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870 E523.5 Wood, George L. 7th .W65 The Seventh Regiment: A Record 1865 New York: James Miller, 1865 E523.5 Graham, Matthew J. 9th .G73 The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers (Hawkins Zouves) Being History of the 1998 Regiment and Veteran Association from 1860 to 1900 Lancaster, OH: Vanberg Publishing, 1998 7 Infantry

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Jaques, John Wesley 9th .J28 Three Years' Campaign of the Ninth, N.Y.S.M. During the Southern Rebellion 1865 Salem, MA: Higginson, 2000, 1865 E523.5 Testimonial to Col. Rush C. Hawkins, Ninth Regiment N.Y.V., “Hawkins Zouaves” 9th .T New York: Latimer Bros. & Seymour, 1863

E523.5 Whitney, J.H.E. 9th .W48 The Hawkins Zouaves: (Ninth N.Y.V.) Their Battles and Marches 1866 New York: J.H.E. Whitney, 1866 E523.5 Wightman, Edward King 9th .W53 From Antietam to Fort Fisher: The Civil War Letters of Edward King Wightman, 1862- 1985 1865 Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Press, 1985 Includes 3rd NY Infantry E523.5 Cowtan, Charles W. 10th .C6 Services of the Tenth New York Volunteers (National Zouaves,) in the War of the Rebellion New York: Charles H. Ludwig, 1882 E523.5 Dowley, Morris F. 12th .D68 History and Honorary Roll of the Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, N.G.S.N.Y… 2004 [Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2004?] E523.5 Reception of the Oneida Volunteers at the City of New York, June, 1861 14th .R New York: Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co., 1861

E523.5 The History of the Fighting Fourteenth: Published in Commemoration of the Fiftieth 14th .T48 Anniversary of the Muster of the Regiment into the United States Service, May 23, 2000 1861 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, [1911] E523.5 Curtis, Newton Martin 16th. C87 From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry 1906 Together with Personal Reminiscences New York & London: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1906 E523.5 Traver, Albert D. 17th Address at the Burial Services of the Late George Sibbald Wilson, Adjutant of the 17th Regt. N.Y.S.V… [Poughkeepsie, NY?] Osborne & Otis, 1863 E523.5 Hall, Henry and James 19th Cayuga in the Field: A Record of the 19th N.Y. Volunteers, All the Batteries of the 3rd New York Artillery, and 75th New York Volunteers, etc. Auburn, N.Y., 1873 E523.5 Miller, C. Eugene, and Forrest F. Steinlage 20th .F88 Der Turner Soldat: A Turner Soldier in the Civil War, Germany to Antietam, A M55 Biographical Narrative of the German Immigrant Who Served as a Private in the 20th 1988 Regiment, NY Volunteers Louisville, KY: Calmar Publications, 1988

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Mills, John Harrison. 21st Chronicles of the Twenty-first regiment New York state volunteers…from the 1887 enrolling of the first volunteer in Buffalo, April 15, 1861, to the final mustering out, May 18, 1863. Including a copy of muster out rolls of field and staff, and each company. Buffalo: Republished by the 21st reg't. veteran association of Buffalo, 1887. E523.5 Wingate, George Wood 22nd .W3 The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. , June and July, 1864 1963 New York: C.S. Wescott & Co., 1864 E523.5 Wingate, George W. 22nd .W56 History of the 22nd Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York 1896 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, 1896 E523.5 Dexter, Seymour 23rd .D49 Seymour Dexter, : Journal and Letters of Civil War Service in Company K, 1996 23rd New York Volunteer Regiment of Elmira, with Illustrations Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1996 E523.5 Sterling, Pound 23d .S72 Camp Fires of the Twenty-Third: Sketches of the Camp Life, Marches, and Battles of 2000 the Twenty-Third Regiment, N.Y.V., During the Term of Two Years in the Service of the United States Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, 1863 E523.5 Memorial of William Kirkland Bacon, Late Adjutant of the Twenty-Sixth Regiment of 26th .B2 the New York State Volunteers Utica, NY: Roberts, 1863 E523.5 Fairchild, C.B. 27th .F2 History of the 27th Regiment N.Y. Vols. Binghamton, NY: Carl & Matthews, 1888 E523.5 Boyce, Charles William 28th .B7 A Brief History of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers Buffalo, NY: The Matthews-Northrup Co., 1896 E523.5 Contant, George W. 33rd .C66 Path of Blood: The True Story of the 33rd New York Volunteers 1996 [S.l.: s.n.], 1997, 1996 E523.5 Judd, David W. 33rd .J8 The Story of the Thirty-Third N.Y.S. Vols: or Two Years Campaigning in Virginia and 1864 Maryland Rochester, NY: Boston & Andrews, 1863 E523.5 E 523.5 34th Chapin, L.N. A Brief History of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment, N.Y.S.V. [New York: 1903?] E523.5 Lyon, Henry C. 34th .L96 “Desolating This Fair Country:” The Civil War Diary and Letters of Lt. Henry C. Lyon, 1998 34th New York Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1999

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Shaw, Albert D. 35th .S53 A Full Report of the First Re-Union and Banquet of the Thirty-fifth N.Y. vols. : Held at 1998 Watertown, N.Y., on December 13th 1887 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1998, 1888 E523.5 Bacarella, Michael 39th .B33 Lincoln's Foreign Legion: The 39th New York Infantry, the Garibaldi Guard 1996 Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. Co.,1996 E523.5 Pellicano, John M. 39th .P45 Conquer or Die: The 39th New York Volunteer Infantry: Garibaldi Guard, A Military 1996 History Flushing, NY: Pellicano Publications,1996 E523.5 Floyd, Fredrick Clark 40th History of the Fortieth (Mozart) Regiment New York Volunteers, Which Was Composed of Four Companies from New York, Four Companies from Massachusetts and Two Companies from Pennsylvania Boston, MA: F.H. Gilson Company,1909 E523.5 Nash, Eugene Arus 44th .N37 A History of the Forty-Fourth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 1911 1861-1865 Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company,1911 E523.5 Mettendorf, Ernest 46th .M48 Between triumph and disaster : the history of the 46th New York Infantry, 1861-1865 2012 Eden, NY: Self published [by the author], 2012. E523.5 Nicholas, James M. 48th .N5 Perry’s Saints, or The Fighting Parson’s Regiment in the War of the Rebellion Boston, MA: D. Lothrop and Co.,1886 E523.5 Palmer, Abraham J. 48th .P3 The History of the Forty-Eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers in the War for the Union, 1861-1865 Brooklyn, NY: Veteran Association of the Regiment, 1885 E523.5 History of the Dewitt Guard, Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New 50th .N5 York Ithaca, NY: Adrus, McChain & Co., 1866 E523.5 Owen, Thomas James 50th .O94 “Dear Friends At Home...”: The Letters and Diary of Thomas James Owen, Fiftieth 1985 New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment, During the Civil War Washington, DC: Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers: For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1985] E523.5 Whitman, George Washington 51st .W45 Civil War Letters of George Washington Whitman 1975 Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1975 E523.5 Fisk, Joel C. 56th .F57 A Condensed History of the 56th Regiment, New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1906 Which was Part of the Organization Known as the "Tenth Legion" in the Civil War, 1861-1865… [Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2003]

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Frederick, Gilbert 57th .F73 The Story of a Regiment, Being a Record of the Military Services of the Fifty-Seventh 1895 New York State Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 Chicago, IL: C.H. Morgan Co., 1895 E523.5 Potter, William H. 57th .P68 One Surgeon’s Private War: Doctor William Potter of the 57th New York 1996 Shippensburg, PA: White House Publishing Company, Inc., 1996 *E523.5 Pula, James S. 58th .P84 The History of a German-Polish Civil War Brigade 1976 San Francisco, CA: R&E Research Associates, 1976 E523.5 Eddy, Richard 60th .E3 History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York State Volunteers Philadelphia, PA: The Author, 1864 E523.5 Mahon, John 69th .M34 New York's Fighting Sixty-Ninth: A Regimental History of Service in the Civil War's 2004 Irish Brigade and the Great War's Rainbow Division Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004 E523.5 Brown, Henri Le Fevre 72d History of the Third Regiment, , 72d New York Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 Jamestown, NY: Journal Printing Co., 1902 E523.5 Smith, A. P. 76th .S64 History of the Seventy-Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers: What it Endured and 1867 Accomplished Cortland, NY: [Truair, Smith and Miles, Printers, Syracuse] 1867 E523.5 Morrow, Robert F. 77th .M67 77th New York Volunteers: "Sojering" in the VI Corps 2004 Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 2004 E523.5 Campbell, Alexander 79th .C36 Him on the One Side and Me on the Other: The Civil War letters of Alexander 1999 Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment and James Campbell, 1st Battalion Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1999 E523.5 Todd, William 79th .T62 The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders: New York Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, 1886 1861-1865 Albany, NY: Brandow, Barton & Co., 1886 E523.5 Gates, Theodore B. 80th .G37 The “Ulster Guard” [20th N.Y. State Militia] and the War of the Rebellion 1879 New York: B. H. Tyrrel, 1879 E523.5 King, David H. 93rd .K5 History of the Ninety-Third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry 1861-65 Milwaukee, WI: Swain & Tate Co., 1895 E523.5 Hall, Isaac 97th .N5 History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers (“Conkling Rifles”) in the War for the Union Utica, NY: L.C. Childs & Son, 1890

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Kreutzer, William 98th .K73 Notes and Observations Made During Four Years in Service with the Ninety-Eighth 1878 N.Y. Volunteers in the War of 1861 Philadelphia, PA: Grant, Faires, & Rodgers, 1878 E523.5 Wixson, Neal E. 100th .E24 Echoes from the boys of Company H: A chronicle through letters, diaries, and 2008 speeches of Civil War soldiers from Company H of the 100th Regiment… New York : iUniverse, 2008 100th infantry See also the separate guide, Civil War Genealogy & History for Buffalo & Erie County E523.5 Ford, H.E. 101st .F6 History of the 101st Regiment 1898 Syracuse, NY: Times Publishing Co., 1898 E523.5 Thompson, Joseph Parrish 106th .T2 The Sergeant’s Memorial 1863 New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1863 E523.5 Weller, Edwin 107th .W443 A Civil War Courtship: The Letters of Edwin Weller from Antietam to Atlanta 1980 Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980 E523.5 Colby, Newton T. 107th .C65 The Civil War Papers of Lt. Colonel Newton T. Colby, New York Infantry 2003 Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003 *E523.5 Washburn, George H. 108th A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y.S. Vols., from 1862 to 1894 Rochester, NY: E.R. Andrews, 1894 E523.5 Contant, George W. 111th .C66 “Each Bee Was a Bullet:” Corporal Thomas Geer and Color Sergeant Judson Hicks, 1998 Company A, 111th New York Infantry, at the Battles of Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg Dover, DE: Grand Army Historic Publications, 1998 E523.5 Hyde, William L. 112th .H9 History of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment N.Y. Volunteers 1866 Fredonia, NY: W. McKinstry & Co., 1866 E523.5 Beecher, Harris H. 114th .B43 Record of the 114th Regiment, N.Y.S.V.: Where It Went, What It Saw, and What It Did 1866 Norwich, NY: J.F. Hubbard, Jr., 1866 E523.5 Pellet, Elias Porter 114th .P44 History of the 114th Regiment, New York State Volunteers 2000 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, 1866 E523.5 Clark, James H. 115th The Iron Hearted Regiment: Being an Account of the Battles, Marches and Gallant Deeds Performed by the 115th Regiment N.Y.S. Vols. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1865 E523.5 Silo, Mark 115th .S55 The 115th New York in the Civil War: A regimental history. 2007 Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2007.

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Clark, Orton S. 116th The one hundred and sixteenth regiment of New York state volunteers: being a 1868 complete history of its organization and of its nearly three years of active service in the great rebellion. Buffalo : Printing house of Matthews & Warren, 1868. E523.5 Mowris, J. A. 117th .M68 A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers, (Fourth 1866 Oneida,) from Aug. 1862 – June 1865 Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood & Co., 1866 E523.5 Van Santvoord, C. 120th .V36 The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers 1894 Rondout, NY: Press of the Kingston Freeman, 1894 E523.5 Best, Isaac O. 121st History of the 121st New York State Infantry Chicago, IL: J.H. Smith, 1921 E523.5 Greiner, James M. 121st .G74 Subdued by the Sword: A Line Officer in the 121st New York Volunteers 2003 Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003 E523.5 Swinfen, D.E. 122nd .S96 Ruggles’ Regiment: The 122nd New York State Volunteers in the American Civil War 1982 Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1982 E523.5 Mathews, Horace P. 123rd .M38 "We are in a Fight Today" : The Civil War Diaries of Horace P. Mathews & King S. 2000 Hammond Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000 E523.5 Morhous, Henry C. 123rd .M6 Reminiscences of the 123rd Regiment, N.Y.S.V. Greenwich, NY: People’s Journal Book and Job Office, 1879 E523.5 Weygant, Charles H. 124th .W49 History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Regiment, N.Y.S.V. 2002 Newburgh, NY: Journal Printing House, 2002, 1877 E523.5 Simons, Ezra de Freest 125th .S55 A Regimental History: The One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth New York State Volunteers 1887 New York: E. D. Simons, 1888 Also in Dewey 971.4 368 E523.5 Mahood, Wayne 126th .M34 Written in Blood: A History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War 1997 Hightstown, NJ: Longstreet House, 1997 E523.5 Wilson, Arabella M. 126th W Disaster, Struggle, Triumph: The Adventures of 1000 “Boys in Blue” from August 1862 to June 1865 Albany, NY: Argus Co., 1870 E523.5 De Peyster, John Watts 128th Address Delivered at Hudson, Columbia County, NY. Sept. 6, 1887 [Hudson? NY: s.n., 1887] E523.5 Hanaburgh, David Henry 128th .H36 History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Regiment, New York Volunteers 1894 Pokeepsie [sic.], NY: [Press of Enterprise Publishing Company], 1894 13 Infantry

Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E534.5 Conklin, George W. 134th .C66 Under the Crescent and Star 1999 Port Reading, NJ: Axworthy Publishing, 1999 E523.5 Cosgrove, Charles H. 134th .C67 A History of the 134th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil 1997 War, 1862-1865: Long Night's Journey Into Day Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press, 1997 E523.5 Havens, L.C. 136th .H38 Historical Sketch of the 136th New York Infantry 1862-1865 1934 [Dalton, NY: s.n.], 1934 E523.5 A Condensed History of the 143d Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, of the Civil 143d .A5 War, 1861-1865… 2000 Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 2000, 1909 E523.5 MckKee, James Harvey 144th. M35 Back In War Times: Civil War Record of the 144th Regiment New York Volunteer 1903 Infantry Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994, 1903 E523.5 Brainard, Mary Genevie Green 146th .B7 Campaigns of the 146th Regiment, New York State Volunteers: Also Known as 2000 Halleck's Infantry, the Fifth Oneida, and Garrard's Tigers Daleville, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2000 E523.5 Collins, George K. 149th Memories of the 149th Regt. N. Y. Vol. Inft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th A. C. Syracuse, NY: The Author, 1891 E523.5 Bartlett, Edward O. 150th .C66 The “Dutchess County Regiment” (150th Regiment of New York State Volunteer 1907 Infantry) in the Civil War Danbury, CT: The Danbury Medial Printing Co., Inc., 1907 E523.5 Howell, Helen Adelaide 151st Chronicles of the One Hundred Fifty-First Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry 1862-1865 Albion, NY: A.M. Eddy, 1911 E523.5 Beaudry, Paul Stephen. 151st .B43 The forgotten regiment : history of the 151st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1995 Cleveland, Ohio : InChem Pub., c1995. E523.5 Roback, Henry 152D .R6 The Veteran Volunteers of Herkimer and Ostego Counties in the War of the Rebellion, 1888 Being a History of the 152nd N.Y.V. Utica, NY: L.C. Childs & Son, 1888 E523.5 Dunkelman, Mark H. 154th .D86 The Hardtack Regiment: An Illustrated History of the 154th Regiment, New York State Infantry Volunteers Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1981 E523.5 Barlow, Albert Rowse 157th Company G: A Record of the Services of One Company of the 157th N.Y. Vols. in the War of the Rebellion from Sept. 19, 1862 to July 10, 1865… Syracuse, NY: A.W. Hall, 1899

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E523.5 Tiemann, William Francis 159th The 159th Regiment Infantry, New York State Volunteers, in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865 Brooklyn, NY: The Author, 1891 E523.5 Duffy, Edward 159th .D83 History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. 1865 New York: [s.n.], 1890 E523.5 A Historical Sketch of the 162nd Regiment N.Y. Vol. Infantry, (3rd Metropolitan Guard,) 162nd 19th Army Corps, 1862-1865 Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1867 E523.5 History of the Second Battalion Duryee Zouaves, One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth 165th Regiment New York Infantry… [New York?] 1904 E523.5 Robinson, Wardwell G. 184th .R6 History of the 184th Regiment, New York State Volunteers Oswego, NY: R.J. Oliphant Press, 1895 E523.5 Rogers, William H. 189th History of the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Regiment of New York Volunteers New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1865 E601 Babcock, Willoughby .B13 Selections from the Letters and Diaries of Brevet-Brigadier General Willoughby Babcock of the Seventy-Fifth New York Volunteers… [Albany, NY] The University of the State of New York, 1922 E601 Bull, Rice C. .B94 Soldiering: The Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry 1977 San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1977 E601 De Forest, B. S. .D31 Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts ... With a Historical Sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment, Eighty-First New York State V.I. Albany, NY: Avery Herrick, 1866 E601 Harrer, William .H2 With Drum and Gun in '61: A Narrative of the Adventures of William Harrer of the Fourteenth New York State Volunteers ... Greenville, PA: Beaver Printing Co., 1908 E601 Parker, David Bigelow .P23 A Chautauqua Boy in '61 and Afterward; Reminiscences by David B. Parker, Second Lieutenant, Seventy-Second New York… Boston, MA: Small, Maynard [1912] E601 Robinson, William A. .R63 The Civil War Letters of William A. Robinson: The Story of the 89th New York 2000 Volunteer Infantry Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000 E621 Holt, Daniel M. .H76 A Surgeon’s Civil War: The Letters and Diary of Daniel M. Holt, M.D 1994 Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1994 121st Regiment

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Call Number Author, Title, Publisher, Date E628 Wakeman, Sarah .U53 An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private 1994 Lyons Wakeman 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers Pasadena, MD: The Minerva Center, 1994 Dewey Carlton, William J. 355.1 Company D ("The Die-No-Mores") of the Forty-Eighth Regiment, New York State 146 Volunteers, 1861-5: A Paper Read at The First Reunion of the Surviving Members, at Trenton, N.J., July 24, 1891 [S.l.]: Privately Printed, 1892 Dewey New York Infantry. 7th Regt. Uniformed Battalion 355.192 The Uniformed Battalion of the Veterans of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard 7 S.N.Y., 1861-1892 New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1893 Dewey De Forest, B. S. 971.4 Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts; or What I Saw in Camp, on the March, 113 the Biovac,… with a Historical Sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment Albany, NY: Avery Herrick, 1866 Dewey Gates, Theodore B. 971.4 The “Ulster Guard” [20th N.Y. State Militia] and the War of the Rebellion… 157 New York: Benj. H. Tyrrel, 1979

New York Sources Other Than Regimental Histories GRO Military Ref. E99 .I7 H335 1993 Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993 GRO E462.1 .N6 A6 1917 Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of New York. County of Monroe Souvenir and Roster, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New York and Affiliated Organizations [Rochester, NY]: The Grand Army, 1917 GRO E494 .C58 1996 v.1 Senfield, Craig F. Civil War Veterans Cemetery Locator Olean, NY: Twin Tier Civil War Roundtable, 1996 Cattaraugus County GRO E523 .C7 Collins, George K. An Abbreviated Account of Certain Men of Onondaga County Who Did Service in the War of 1861-65 Syracuse, NY: 1928 GRO Military Ref. E523 .N4 New York (State) Bureau of Military Statistics Presentation of Flags of New York Volunteer Regiments and Other Organizations, to His Excellency, Governor Fenton, in Accordance with a Resolution of the Legislature, July 4, 1865… Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1865

16 New York Sources Other Than Regimental Histories GRO Military Ref. E523.3 .N56, 8 vols. New York (State). Adjutant General’s Office A Record of the Commissioned Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates, of the Regiments Which Were Organized in the State of New York Albany, NY: Comstock & Cassidy, 1864-68 GRO Military Ref. E523.2 .N6 New York (State) Adjutant General’s Office Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year… Albany, NY: James B. Lyon 1894-1906 Complete rosters of all regiments of the State of New York GRO Military Ref. E523 .P582 Phisterer, Frederick Communities of New York and the Civil War: The Recruiting Areas of the N.Y. Civil War Regiments New York, NY: New York Public Library, 1962 GRO Military Ref. *E523.3 .W55 1999, 2 vols. Wilt, Richard A. New York Soldiers in the Civil War: A Roster of Military Officers and Soldiers Who Served in New York Regiments in the Civil War as Listed in the Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1999 A name index to the Adjutant-General’s reports. GRO Military Ref. E523.4 .S47 2001 Seraile, Willam New York's Black Regiments During the Civil War New York; London: Routledge, 2001 GRO E612 .A5 N5 New York (State) Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Patriotism, Being the Report of the Commission to Dedicate the Monument Erected by the State of New York, in Andersonville, Georgia, to Commemorate the Heroism, Sacrifices and Patriotism of More Than Nine Thousand of Her Sons Who Were Confined in That Prison… Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916 Closed Stacks F116 .N777, 2 vols. New York State and the Civil War [Albany, NY: New York Civil War Centennial Commission, 1961-1963] GRO Military Ref. *F118 .P4, 6 vols. including index Phisterer, Frederick New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 3rd ed. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1912 The 1890 edition is online in full text at http://tinyurl.com/2go8pn GRO Military Ref. *F127 .A4 M38 2000 Matteson, Calvin Civil War Veterans in and Around Allegany County, New York [Wellsville, NY: Benson Smythe Pub.], 2000 GRO F127 .C4 E4, pp. 124-152 Ellis, Franklin History of Cattaraugus County, New York: With Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers Philadelphia, PA: L.H. Everts, 1879 Includes roster of soldiers from Cattaraugus County

17 New York Sources Other Than Regimental Histories GRO *F127 .G19 N4 Batavia News Records of Genesee County's Soldiers Prepared for the State's Archives… [S.l., s.n.: 1926?] GRO F127 .H5 K78 1997 Krutz, David P. Distant Drums: Herkimer County, New York in the War of the Rebellion Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1997 GRO Military Ref. F127 .N5 N52 Reed, I. Richard 100 Years Ago Today: Niagara County in the Civil War as Reported in the Pages of the Niagara Falls Gazette Lockport, NY: Niagara County Historical Society, 1966 GRO *F129 .B375 K38 1996 Kaszubski, Elizabeth Stead Revolutionary and Civil War Soldiers from the Town of Bennington, Wyoming Co., N.Y. [S.l.: s.n.], 1996 Dewey 355.175 3+ Annual Report of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Albany, NY: Weed Parsons and Co., [18--]- Dewey Coll. 973.4 5 Townsend, Thomas S. The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion New York: A. Lovell & Co., 1889

Databases

http://www.buffalolib.org/content/research Name Description Access Offers records of 5.3 million men who Available for use at every served in Civil War, plus various burial, public library in Erie County. Prisoner of War, and related records No at-home use.

Contains U.S. federal census records from Available for use at every 1790-1930, family genealogies, local public library in Erie County. histories, tax lists, city directories, land and Also available from home with probate records, birth, marriage and death a valid Buffalo and Erie County records, and genealogical and local history Public Library card. Sign in at serials from the Periodical Source Index address above. (PERSI).

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Rare Book Room The Civil War collection in Rare Book Room is extensive and includes memoirs, regimental histories, speeches, sermons, government reports, pamphlets, maps, diaries, songbooks, and other material. Below are a few selected titles. Items in Rare Book Room may be seen by appointment (716-858-8900). RBR U.S. 1863.B28 Barnes, David M. The Draft Riots in New York, July, 1863: The Metropolitan Police, Their Services During Riot Week, Their Honorable Record New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863 RBR U.S. 1885.F8 Fry, James B. New York and the Conscription of 1863; A Chapter in History of the Civil War New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885 RBR U.S. 1888.W5 Williams, George Washington A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Preceded by a Review of the Military Services of Negroes in Ancient and Modern Times New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888 RBR U.S. 1917.P4 Peet, Frederick Tomlinson Civil War Letters and Documents of Frederick Tomlinson Peet Newport, RI: Privately printed, 1917

Selected Websites Notes http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/dornbusch/dornbuschIndex.htm Shows which units were formed in The Communities of New York and the Civil War: The Recruiting Areas of which counties, cities, and towns. the New York Civil War Regiments http://www.monroefordham.org/collection_index.html A complete roster of NY recruits. A New York Men In Massachusetts Colored Infantry Units dozen Buffalonians served in this Search for this Word Doc on the Monroe Fordham website celebrated unit. http://tinyurl.com/nysacivilwarsd Includes more than 360,000 men New York State Civil War Soldier Database who served in New York State Volunteer and the US Sharpshooter units and the state's three regiments of Colored Troops. http://suvcw.org/ny/deptny.htm Membership is open to men who Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: New York Department can prove ancestry to a member of the GAR or to a veteran eligible for membership in the GAR. Those who demonstrated a genuine interest in the Civil War and subscribe to the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW are admitted as Associates. http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionny.htm Brief histories of cavalry, infantry, Union Regimental Index: New York artillery, and engineer units

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Union Census 1890

This Veterans’ schedule documents Union veterans and widows of Union veterans from the Civil War who were still living and collecting pensions in 1890. Disregard the inconsistent film numbers; census films are shelved by year for easy retrieval. Film Number Reel Number Counties 419 47 Queens 123 54 Allegany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins 424 55 Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates 424 56 Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara

Union Census Indexes

GRO Census Index Table *E494 .D53 1993 Dilts, Bryan Lee 1890 New York Veterans Census Index, 2nd ed. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing, ©1993 GRO *F127 .J4 L57 1996 Litchman, William M. An Every-Name Index for Agricultural Schedules, Industry Other Than Agriculture Schedules, Marriages, Deaths, and Civil War Soldier Deaths in the 1865 New York State Census for Jefferson County Albuquerque, NM: Medley Publications, 1996

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The Online Catalog of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library http://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/ Search the online catalog for books, magazines, CDs, videos, maps, and manuscripts owned by the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. This includes the Grosvenor Room, all departments in the Central Library, and every town and branch library. Access it at the address above.

To find additional Civil War-related items in our collection beyond those listed in this guide, try the Subject searches listed below:

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC DEPT OF NEW YORK NEW YORK N Y HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 NEW YORK STATE HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 REGISTERS LISTS ETC NEW YORK STATE HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 REGISTERS NEW YORK STATE HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 SOLDIERS NEW YORK STATE AFRICAN AMERICAN TROOPS UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 PERSONAL NARRATIVES UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 REGISTERS UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 SOURCES UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 VETERANS (STATE NAME) HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

Where Else Can I Research New Notes York Civil War Ancestors? Buffalo Civil War Round Table Many communities have Civil War Round Table Buffalo Civil War Round Table groups, which research, celebrate, and promote the PO Box 174 history of the Civil War Cheektowaga, NY 14225 http://buffalocivilwar.com/ Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Archives include a database with information on the http://suvcw.org/LGAR/Home.html thousands of members. National Personnel Records Center Holds personnel and medical records of discharged, Military Personnel Records deceased and retired members of all branches of the 9700 Page Avenue Armed Forces. The Center's records date from the St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 beginning of the 20th century. Individual records are (314) 801-0800 available with authorization of the veteran or the veteran's next of kin. [email protected] http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ New York State Archives The State Archives holds records documenting the New York State Education Department many individuals who served in the armed forces Cultural Education Center during conflicts prior to World War II. The records Albany, NY 12230 contain summary data on military service, usually (518) 474-6926 taking the form of financial claims, cards, registers, or one-page abstracts. The Archives holds no military [email protected] case files (service, pension, or bounty land warrant) http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml like those created by the Federal government.

21 Where Else Can I Research New Notes York Civil War Ancestors? New York State Military Museum The mission of the museum and research center is to 61 Lake Avenue preserve, interpret and disseminate the story, history Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 and records of New York State’s military forces and (518) 581-5100 veterans. The collection is divided into the museum Fax (518) 581-5111 and the library/archives holdings. [email protected] http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/civil_index.htm

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Over 2.8 million men (and a few hundred women) 8601 Adelphi Road served in the Union and Confederate armies during the College Park, MD 20740-6001 Civil War. See their website to understand the many 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272 resources available for researching Civil War soldiers. Fax 301-837-0483 http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/index.html

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