Guide to the Charles Ackerman Papers,
1861-1882

Collection Number: 3966

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
April 1988
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Charles Ackerman papers, 1861-1882.
Collection Number:
3966
Creator:
Charles Ackerman.
Quantity:
.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, military records, and business records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ackerman, Charles.
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th.

Subjects:
General stores--New York (State)--Higginsville.
Stores, Retail--New York (State)--Higginsville.
Soldiers--United States.
Trials (Military offenses)

Places:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Higginsville (N.Y.)--Commerce.
Oneida County (N.Y.)--Commerce.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Charles Ackerman papers, #3966. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1861
"An act to authorize the embodying and equipment of a Voluntary Militia, and to provide for public defense" passed Apr. 16, 1861
Box 1 Folder 1
1861-1862
Descriptive Roll of Company E, 26th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
 Box 1 Folder 2
1862
Military papers
 Box 1 Folder 3
1863
Military papers
 Box 1 Folder 4
1864-1865, n.d.
Military papers
 Box 1 Folder 5
1862-1865
Letters
 Box 1 Folder 6
1867-1682
Letters
 Box 1 Folder 7
1862-1874
Letters in German script
 Box 1 Folder 8
1875-1876
Letters in German script
 Box 1 Folder 9
1877
Letters in German script
 Box 1 Folder 10
1878
Letters in German script
 Box 1 Folder 11
1879
Letters in German script
 Box 1 Folder 12
1877-1879
Receipts
 Box 1 Folder 13
1876
Lottery notice for Braunschweig-Luneburg (in German)
 Box 1 Folder 14
1862-1882
Envelopes
 Box 1 Folder 15