Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Buffalo History Museum. Research Library
- Abstract:
- Contains civil war period documents and materials reflective of the Western New York area.
- Extent:
- 5 boxes and (2.5 linear feet)
- Language:
- Collection material in English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Muster rolls, histories, diaries and other official and personal papers concerning various New York regiments and naval operations, including the 3rd, 20th, 21st, 49th, 94th, 100th, ll6th and 179th Infantry; 11th and 12th Cavalry; 1st Light Artillery (Wiedrich's Battery), 12th Light Artillery, 27th Light Artillery (Eaton's Battery), and 16th Heavy Artillery, as well as some non-New York military units. Also included are passes used by Samuel Wilkeson for reporting for the New York Tribune, 1861; personal letters, 1840-1882; Confederate muster rolls and other records; documentation of war dead, particularly from Orleans County, New York.; muster and descriptive rolls of Erie County: W.T. Anderson collection of Civil War autographs, communications and maps; reminiscences by Madison Buell and W.W. Potter, M.D.; and other materials, including autographs, emblems, soldiers' ballots and excerpts from diaries and letters of Elizabeth Knowles.
- Biographical / Historical:
"Experts agree that it took a plentiful supply of the Four M's: Men, Money, Material, and Morale. Erie County, New York played a part if the victory by contributing its share of the 4 M's to the Union Cause."
-- Brown, R. C. (1973).
Erie County and the Civil War .Adventures in Western New York History , v. 18. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: Buffalo History Museum. Available online.- Acquisition information:
Specimens of Civil War envelopes; Thrasher, Thomas (The Hawks Book Store); gift; 1886/07/22; unknown
Confederate order book and memoranda of discharged soldiers Howe, Sallie Barry; gift; 1889/07/22; unknown
W.W. Potter reminiscences Bowden, Margaret; gift; 1912/03/00; unknown
Madison Buell scrapbook of recollections re: Civil War telegraphy; Buell, Lesley D.; unknown; 1932/09/29; unknown
John Ketchum collection of Civil War emblems Plimpton, Mrs.; unknown; 0000/00/00; unknown
L.L. Barney, pocket remembrances for 1863 Goering, G.E.; unknown; 0000/00/00; unknown
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in fourteen series:
- I. New York Infantry Regiments
- II. New York Cavalry Regiments
- III. New York Artillery Regiments
- IV. Sharpshooters and Mounted Rifles Units
- V. Naval Activities
- VI. Non-New York Military Regiments
- VII. Samuel Wilkeson Papers
- VIII. Personal Letters
- IX. Confederate Manuscripts
- X. Records of War Dead
- XI. Muster and Descriptive Rolls for Erie County
- XII. Reminiscences
- XIII. W.A. Anderson Collection
- XIV. Diary Excerpts, Autographs, Emblems, and Papers Concerning Unidentified Regiments.
I-IV arranged consecutively by regiment number.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using local best practices.
Access
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- CONTACT:
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716-873-9644 exlibrary@buffalohistory.org