Annual Reports
of the Bureau of Military Statistics
Civil War

The Bureau of Military Statistics was created by the New York State Legislature during the Civil War. It was charged with three tasks:

First: To collect and preserve in permanent form an authentic sketch of every person from this State, who has volunteered into the service of the General Government since April 15, 1861, and the personal history of such person while in such service, so far as the same can be ascertained.

Second: A record of the services of the several regiments, including an account of their organization and subsequent history; and,

Third: An account of the of the aid afforded by the several town, cities and counties of the State.

This Bureau, which published five reports between 1864 and 1868, was chaired by Lockwood L. Doty.

Below are links to the reports we have thus far digitized.
Some of these have been scanned from microfilm and as such are not in good condtion.

Some of these files are quite large, they range in size from 11MB to 50MB.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these.

These files are searchable; however, they have not been proof-read.
Because the text of the page is actually underneath the page image, the search function within the Acrobat Reader will not be completely accurate. To ensure a comprehensive search you will have to read the book.

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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified: December 9, 2010