24 Weeks on the Potomac

Identifier
Other, NYHS_1945.580.82
Description
Political cartoon depicting the slow start to the Civil War.
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Application of Late Army Nurse Amelia Clayton

Identifier
NYSA_A0710-80_ClaytonAmelia_01
Description
Application of Civil War nurse Amelia Clayton to the New York State Home for the Aged Dependent Veteran and His Wife, Veterans' Mothers, Widows, and Army Nurses, Residents of New York, 1901. Clayton, an Irish immigrant and resident of Brooklyn, served as a nurse during the Civil War, which entitled her to admission at the home for veterans.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York State Veterans' Home. Resident case files, 1897-1963. Series A0710-80, Box 1, Clayton, Amelia.
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Broadside Call for 50 Volunteers, Otsego N.Y.

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_3662
Description
Broadside calling for 50 volunteers for the Civil War from the town of Otsego, N.Y., December 1863.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York (State). Department of Education. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 3665.
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Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Alfred Penny 82nd Infantry

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_13775-83_Infantry_082_2467_Penny_Alfred_C
Description
Muster Roll Abstract for Alfred C. Penny.
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Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Archibald Penny 83rd Infantry

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_13775-83_Infantry_083_1614_Penny_Archibald
Description
Muster Roll Abstract for Archibald Penny.
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Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Elijah Penny of the 4th Heavy Artillery

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_13775-83_ArtilleryHeavy_04_4256_Penny_Elijah
Description
Civil War muster roll abstract for Elijah Penny of the 4th Heavy Artillery
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Charleston Mercury Extra Proclaiming that the Union is Dissolved

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_3657
Description
Charleston Mercury Extra, December 20, 1860. This newsprint marked the secession of South Carolina from the United States, less than two months after Abraham Lincoln's election as President. South Carolina was the first of several states to secede just prior to the Civil War. New Haven Colony Historical Society. New Haven, Connecticut.
Source 
New York State Archives. New York (State). Department of Education. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 3657.
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Colonel E. E. Ellsworth (1837-61). From Brady negative from life in collection of F. H. Meserve, New York

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_15170
Description
Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth (1837-61). From Brady negative from life in collection of F. H. Meserve, New York, 1913. Ellsworth was the first significant Union casualty of the Civil War.
Source 
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, JNElD, No. 15170.
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Condolence letter written by President Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864 to Mrs. Lydia Bixby

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_3648
Description
Condolence letter written by President Abraham Lincoln, November 21, 1864 to Mrs. Lydia Bixby. The War Department had informed Lincoln that five of Bixby's sons had died in the Civil War, though only two had actually died in combat. From print in collection of F. H. Meserve, New York. (1913)
Source 
New York State Archives. New York (State). Department of Education. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 3648.
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Descriptive List of Substitute Deserters, Oswego N.Y.

Identifier
NYSA_A4111-78_B4_F2_1863_10_01
Description
Descriptive list of substitute deserters enlisted at Oswego, NY, 1863. The list contains names of soldiers who were hired to enlist in the Union Army as substitutes for men who had been drafted. Some substitutes never showed up for duty even though they had been paid beforehand.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics. Administrative correspondence files, 1859-1875. Series A4111-78, Box 4, Folder 2.
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James C. Spry Muster Roll Abstract, 1863-1865

Identifier
NYSA_B0807-85_USCT26_SpryJamesC
Description
Muster roll abstract for Civil War soldier James C. Spry of the U.S. Colored Troops. Spry was promoted to Second Lieutenant during his service, and was killed in action in 1864, possibly in defense of Washington, D.C. Return slip for records of James C. Spry of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. The slip was signed by the Auditor for the federal War Department, and included information about Spry's death during his service, provided by his widow, that was not included in his muster roll abstract.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion. Abstracts of muster rolls of the 26th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops from New York State, 1863-1865. Series B0807-85, Box 3, Folder 28, Spry, James C.
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Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; April 24, 1861

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Alfred_Penny_letter_18610424
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Alfred Penny to his father, 1861.
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Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; May 26, 1861

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Alfred_Penny_letter_18610526
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Alfred Penny to his father, 1861.
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Letter from Alfred Penny to his Mother; May 19, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Alfred_Penny_letter_18620519
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Alfred Penny to his mother, 1861.
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Letter from Archibald Penny to his Father; May 19, 1861

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Archibald_Penny_letter_18610519
Description
Letter from Archibald Penny to his father, Elijah, requesting permission to join the army.
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Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 2 and 4, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Archibald_Penny_letter_18630702
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Archibald Penny to his mother, 1863.
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Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 9, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Archibald_Penny_letter_18630709
Description
Letter from Archibald Penny to his mother asking her to write often.
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Letter from Archibald Penny to his Parents; April 28, 1864

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Archibald_Penny_letter_18640428
Description
Archibald Penny's last letter home to his parents.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 29, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620629
Description
Letter from Elijah Penny to his wife, Jane, detailing his activities and inquiring about the health of Alfred Penny.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 6, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620706
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1862.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 18, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620718
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1862.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 20, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620720
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1862.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 27, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620727
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1862.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 28, 1862

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18620728
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1862.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; May 13, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18630513
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his Wife, 1863.
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Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 14, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Elijah_Penny_letter_18630614
Description
Letter from Civil War soldier Elijah Penny to his wife, 1863.
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Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband June 6, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Jane_Louise_Penny_letter_18630606
Description
Letter from Jane to her husband shortly before he returns home.
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Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband, June 14, 1863

Identifier
New York State Library, NYSL_SC11836_Jane_Penny_letter_18630614
Description
Letter from Jane Penny to her husband Civil War soldier Elijah Penny, 1863.
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Proclamation by Major General Charles W. San[d]ford, 1861

Identifier
NYSA_B0462-84_1861_05_25
Description
Proclamation by Major General Charles W. San[d]ford of the New York State Militia, shortly after the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. The proclamation guaranteed that while Fairfax County, Virginia, was occupied by the militia (in the service of the United States Army), no harm would come to the person or property of Virginia citizens.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York (State). Adjutant General's Office. Correspondence and petitions, 1821-1896. Series B0462-84, Box 27, Folder 26.
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Record of Men Who Served in the Civil War from the Town of Patterson, Putnam County

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_13774-83_Putnam_Patterson
Description
Adjutant General's Office, town and city registers of men who served in the Civil War, 1865, Putnam County, Town of Patterson.
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Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Been in the Military or Naval Service, Volume 5

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_A0389-78_2_V5
Description
Register of officers and enlisted men mustered into federal military or naval service during the Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Died While in Service, Volume 6

Identifier
New York State Archives, NYSA_A0389-78_3_V6
Description
Deaths of Civil War officers and enlisted men who died while in service since April 1861.
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Wounding of General Sickles at Gettysburg

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_8425
Description
Bronze relief depicting the wounding of General Daniel Sickles at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sickles was shot in the leg, which had to be amputated, during the fighting. His controversial commands during the battle also resulted in huge losses from soldiers under his command. The artist was Caspar Burberl, who created this image for a New York State monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Source 
New York State Archives, New York (State). Department of Education. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 8425.
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