COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Included are military records pertaining to Company E of the New York Volunteer Infantry 26th Regiment including a transcription of the document authorizing formation of the New York Volunteers, descriptive lists recording soldiers names, ranks, ages, and details of their enlistment, as well as requests for same, proceedings of courts-martial, discharge notices, receipts, and other items; correspondence between Ackerman and his friends and relatives; and records of Ackerman's general store at Higginsville, Oneida County, New York. Also includes a photograph of Ackerman in uniform; photographs of Union soldiers.
Dates
- 1861-1882.
Creator
- Ackerman, Charles. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
1 items.
Abstract
Included are military records pertaining to Company E of the New York Volunteer Infantry 26th Regiment including a transcription of the document authorizing formation of the New York Volunteers, descriptive lists recording soldiers' information, as well as requests for same, proceedings of courts-martial, discharge notices, receipts, and other items; correspondence between Ackerman and his friends and relatives; and records of Ackerman's general store at Higginsville, Oneida County, New York.
Physical Description
Correspondence, military records, and business records.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- M.E. Warren
- Date completed:
- April 1988
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, April 2004
- Cabinet card photographs.
- General stores -- New York (State) -- Higginsville.
- Higginsville (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Soldiers -- United States.
- Stores, Retail -- New York (State) -- Higginsville.
- Trials (Military offenses)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M.E. Warren
- Date
- April 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu