New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

161st Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Color | Civil War

This blue silk regimental color carried by the 161st Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry features a painted Arms of the United States in the center. The flag does have losses, most notably to the center and along the fly. Portions of the 2" knotted gold silk f…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/161st-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/161st-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-regimental-color-civil-war

Milgrove Nike Base

Milgrove Nike Base: (BU-18): Mid 1950s-Mid 1960s, Launcher Area for Nike-Ajax Missiles, associated Integrated Fire Control area was Lancaster, see also NIKE. See also www.pcpages.com/phoneman/bu18.html (link opens new window)

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/milgrove

Miller, Fort

(1): 1709 & 1755, Saratoga County, Town of Northumberland, West River Road (County Route 29). Initially reportedly built during the Queen Anne's War in 1709 on the Hudson River, west side portage of the "great Upper Falls", by Col. Schuyler during the Nic…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/miller

Millersport Nike Base

Millersport Nike Base (BU-09): Mid 1950s-Mid 1960s, Launcher Area for Nike-Ajax Missiles, associated Integrated Fire Control area was Ransom Creek see also NIKE.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/millersport

Mill Rock Blockhouse

Mill Rock Blockhouse: 1812, New York City. Blockhouse on Mill Rock in the middle of the East River, opposite the mouth of the Harlem River. Burned in 1821.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/mill-rock

Mills, Camp

Camp Mills: Garden City, (Hempstead Plains) Long Island 1917 and 1938. In 1917, west of Mitchel Field, an army base named for BG Albert Mills was established. Used to organize and mobilize the new 42nd (Rainbow) Division Commanded by Douglas MacArthur. Us…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/mills

Misery, Fort

Fort Misery: 1755, Washington County, S. of Fort Edward. Palisaded blockhouse on high ground on Moses Kill and East side of Hudson River. Abandoned 1764, briefly used by patriots in 1777 to guard road.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/misery

Mitchel Field

Mitchel Field: Uniondale, Long Island 1917 - 1961. A U.S. Army Air Corps base. Near what had been an unnamed enlistment center in 1776, then Camp Winfield Scott in 1860 and Camp Black in 1898. Also near Mitchel Field 1918 and 1938. Adjacent to Hazelhurst …

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/mitchel-field

Model City Nike Base

Model City Nike Base (NF-05): Mid 1950s-Mid 1960s, Launcher and Integrated Fire Control Area (Dual Site) for Nike-Ajax Missiles. See also NIKE.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/model-city

Montauk Air Force Station

Montauk Air Force Station: 1957, Suffolk County, Montauk Point. Originally Camp Hero 1941, transferred to the Air Force in 1957 which established a radar and air defense station. Closed in 1980 and placed in caretaker status. In 1984 the GSA auctioned off…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/montauk