Charles Ackerman papers, 1861-1882.
Collection Number: 3966
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Charles Ackerman papers, 1861-1882.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3966
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.
Creator:
Ackerman, Charles.
Quanitities:
.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Charles Ackerman papers, #3966. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th
Places:
Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Higginsville (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subjects:
Trials (Military offenses)
Soldiers -- United States.
Stores, Retail -- New York (State) -- Higginsville.
General stores -- New York (State) -- Higginsville.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
"An act to authorize the embodying and equipment of a Voluntary Militia, and to provide
for public defense" passed Apr. 16, 1861
|
1861 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Descriptive Roll of Company E, 26th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
|
1861-1862 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Military papers
|
1862 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Military papers
|
1863 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Military papers
|
1864-1865, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Letters
|
1862-1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Letters
|
1867-1682 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Letters in German script
|
1862-1874 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Letters in German script
|
1875-1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Letters in German script
|
1877 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Letters in German script
|
1878 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Letters in German script
|
1879 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Receipts
|
1877-1879 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Lottery notice for Braunschweig-Luneburg (in German)
|
1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Envelopes
|
1862-1882 |