Civil War papers, 1862-1932, 1862-1865 (bulk)

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Civil War papers, 1862-1932, 1862-1865 (bulk)

Returns, muster rolls, commissions, invoices, memoranda, reports, government circulars and pamphlets, and other military records of the 150th Regiment of New York Volunteers concerning personnel, ordnance, clothing, camp equipment, enlistments, transportation, and hospitalization, 1862-1865; memoranda book of Lieut. David B. Sleight, 1864-1865, with entries after Sleight's death in 1865 by Capt. Richard Titus; diary kept by Richard Titus while in the service, 1863, and his letters written home from Baltimore, Virginia, and Tennessee, 1862-1864; a report by Vincent Colyer on the reception and care of returning soldiers, 1865; an undated photograph of the men in the 150th Regiment; and a clipping on the Grand Army of the Republic in Poughkeepsie, 1932.

ca. 1 cubic ft.

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United States. Army. Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 150th.

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Titus, Richard M.

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888

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Colyer was born in the Bloomingdale, New York on September 30, 1824, and grew up in a Quaker family. His faith was the center of his life and the inspiration for many of his activities. He studied art for four years in New York with John R. Smith, and then was a student at the National Academy. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. From then until the Civil War he painted in New York City. Colyer married Mary Lydia Hancock, a grandniece of Massachusetts G...

Titus family.

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Sleight, David B.

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