Other Resources

This is meant to be a comprehensive list. If, however, you know of a resource that is not listed below, please send an email to ng.ny.nyarng.list.historians@army.mil with the name of the resource and where it is located. This can include photographs, letters, articles and other non-book materials. Also, if you have any materials in your possession that you would like to donate, the museum is always looking for items specific to New York's military heritage. Thank you.

Ashley, Jesse Albert. Letters (1862-1865). 
Group of letters written mostly at the regimental headquarters near Annapolis, Maryland, which contain comments on various administrative activities. 7 items. 
Located at the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.

Broome County Military History Collection (Civil War), 1861-1979.
Description:    2.5 cubic ft
Abstract:    89th N.Y. Volunteers material includes pension papers of Ichabod S. Reed and others; diaries of G. Dewitt Gilbert and Burton Hine; letters of George W. Draper; register of deaths, as of Jan. 1, 1865; and a list of members of Co. G, Captain Seymour L. Judd. Other items include a memorandum book; letters of Stuart H. Watrous; diaries of Henry Roudy, Jr. and Spencer H. Jasen, all of 137th N.Y. Volunteers. There are also copies of letters of Charles K. Crofut to his family in Colesville, 1861-62; lists of reunions of the 89th, 109th, and 137th Regiments; copies of surgeon's certificates for veterans of the 89th and 137th Regiments, 1906-09; typed history of the Starr Arms Company of Binghamton, manufacturer of guns during the war; typed paper by Charles L. English, 1968, including list of local men in the Civil War; charter of Vanderburg Post No. 12, G.A.R., 1878; MS Report of Enlisted Men, 5th Regiment New York Cavalry, for detached Service, 1865; diary of Delia Judd, of Windsor; and miscellaneous clippings, maps, and pamphlets on the Civil War.
Held at the Old Stone House Museum, 10 Chestnut Street, Windsor, New York 13865.

Brown, Peter Ogden. "Collectors Field Book : The diary and messkit of Sergeant Fred A. Ogden, 109th New York Volunteers." Military Collector & Historian. 32 :4 Winter 1980. 174-175.

Catlin, I. S. Names of survivors of the 109th Regiment, New York State Volunteers : also, the address of General Isaac S. Catlin, delivered June 16, 1865, in response to an address by Hon. Wm. Smyth, President of the Village of Owego, N.Y., in welcoming the members of the Regiment on their return from the war. Newark Valley, N.Y. : Tioga County Herald Printing Office, 1890.
Held at Cornell University.

Coburn, James Parley. The James Parley Coburn papers, 1862-1891. 
Contains the following types of materials: diaries, correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time periods: Civil War -- Northern Interior, Civil War -- Eastern Theater. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps. General description of the collection: The James Parley Coburn papers include 1862-1863 diaries of enlisted man, January-August 1862 diary entries cover civilian life in Warren, Pennsylvania, battle of Fredericksburg, commissary service, insight from rear of field Army, July 24, 1864 letter from Private Fred Coburn, 109th New York Infantry Regiment, November 30, 1864 letter from Enoch Coburn, U.S. Christian Command, 1891 reunion notice, letters home, August 1862 - June 1865. 1 box. 
Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.

De Bell, William H. Letter (April 6, 1863).
Letter written at camp near Laurel, Maryland regarding the hardships he and his fellow soldiers experienced when coping with winter cold and snow. 
Located at the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.

[Due note for sutler S. Rightmyre and 25 cent note], 1862 
2 items.
Abstract: Sutler Civil War due bill payable to sutler S. Rightmyre of the 109th New York Regiment, unissued, to be used by soldiers in need of money with the sum to be deducted by the sutler from the soldier's pay at a later date. Also included is a 25 cent note, dated Dec. 1, 1862, for use at James C. Knox's store in Oneida, New York.
Located at the New York Historical Society, New York, NY.

Dunn, James L., et al. Correspondence of James Langstaff Dunn, 1850-1906.
Description:    150 items
Abstract:    Dunn's letters are chiefly filled with news of family and friends. He describes camp life, food, marches, weather, illnesses among the troops, battles, treatment of the wounded, and his thoughts on the war. Specific topics include learning the duties of an army surgeon; Christmas in Philadelphia, 1861; examination of recruits; the countryside and people of Virginia in the summer of 1862; slaves fleeing the army's advance; treating the wounded from the battles of Slaughter (Cedar) Mountain, 2nd Bull Run, Harpers's Ferry, Gettysburg, the Wauhatchie night attack, Lookout Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign, as well as treating Generals C.C. Auger and Nathaniel Banks and the son of General George Sears Greene. Also opinions on the war, national and Pennsylvania politics, "Copperheads," slavery, and specific generals including John C. Frémont, John Bell Hood, Joseph Hooker, Thomas L. Kane, George B. McClellan, Irvin McDowell, William T. Sherman, and Franz Sigel; investing in a sutlership; the countryside and people of Tennessee; the occupation of Atlanta; starvation in the Georgia countryside; the march to Savannah and through the Carolinas; and mustering out. There are brief mentions of child boot blacks in Philadelphia; inspecting a U.S.C.T. regiment; women among the Confederate dead; released prisoners from Andersonville; southern hatred of Irish immigrants; turmoil in Washington, D.C. after Lincoln's assassination; typhoid fever among the 60th New York, and arrest and court-martial for insulting an officer. The collection also contains a letter to Dunn from Cyrus E. Buckland thanking him for his attentions to his dying brother-in-law, and an 1875 letter from a James Van Voorst describing European trave.
Held at the  Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

English, Charles L. NorwichCWRTColl
(Hist of unit, 1986)
Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.

Georgetown, D.C.. Letter, 1865.
1 folder 0.1 cu. ft.
Abstract:    Soldier in the 109th New York Volunteer Regiment, during the Civil War. Letter written from Cousin Charley in Georgetown in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 1865, to Mary Ashley of Speedsville, New York. Comments on the war's end, his viewing the remains of President Abraham Lincoln, and his belief that he would soon be mustered out of service. Partial transcript available.
Held at Virginia Tech.

Griggs, B. B. (Bruce B.). B.B. Griggs papers,1859-1865. 
Chiefly correspondence, 1859-1865, to his sister, Emily M. Griggs, re Civil War, army experiences with the 109th N.Y. Infantry Regiment, possible teaching position for her in Roanoke County, Va.; 1859 fair week in Columbia, S.C.; selling and installing lightning rods, and supervising railroad work gangs in Tennessee and Georgia. Letter, 10 Nov. 1859, Columbia, S.C., to E.M. Griggs, re social activities in Columbia, S.C.; letter, Mar. 1860, to E.M. Griggs, re possible enlistment in the Texas Rangers or travel to Mexico; letter, 28 Sept. 1862, to friends at home, re camp life with the 109th N.Y. Infantry Regiment; letter, 19 May 1863, re the Battle of Fredricksburg, Va. 24 items. 
Located at the University of South Carolina.

Hartranft, John F., et al. John F. Hartranft letter, clippings and portrait engraving, 1882 August 16-1889 October 17 : autograph manuscript letter signed. 1830-1889. 
Description:    4 items
Abstract:    Letter to Wm A. King, Esq., dated August 16, 1882 thanking him for the invitation to the reunion of the 109 N.Y.V. (109th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment). He expects to be able to attend, also wants to invite Capt. W.B. Hart to accompany him. Written on letterhead from the Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa., Collector's Office. Also included is a portrait engraving of J.F. Hartranft while he was Governor of Pennsylvania, engraving by Geo. E. Perine, New York; 2 newspaper clippings, one a obituary notice dated October 17, 1889, and one describing the dedication at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 12, of a equestrian statue in honor of General Hartranft.
Held at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Jordan, Mary and Joyce Hatch. The 109th New York Volunteer Infantry remembered 1862-1865 : [letters, diaries and photographs of the soldiers with revised 1910 adjutant]. Ithaca, NY : Six Mile Creek Press,  2011

Jordan, Mary and Joyce Hatch. Dear Amelia. 2014
1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Lester, Charles & Haviland. Civil War Miscellaneous Collection
(Enlisted man's letter, Sep 30, 1862)
Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.

Marsh, Jerald L. The brotherhood of battle : the Civil War soldiers and families of Newark Valley, New York. Xlibris Corp, 2012.

Military Collection - Civil War, 1861-1910(ca.), 1861-1865 (bulk).
Description:    1.5 cubic ft.
Abstract:    Numerous commissions, discharges, a few photographs, and pension papers. There are rosters, orders, returns, and other papers for companies of the 14th, 43rd, 81st, 89th, 115th, and 121st Infantry Regiments, N.Y. Volunteers; letters, orders, rolls, returns of Capt. Harvey R. Gardner, Co. F, 148th Volunteers, 1862-64; book of memoirs, letters, and clippings concerning Civil War service of Major Nicholas J. DeGraff, 115th N.Y. Volunteers; enlistment roll, Co. K, 37th Artillery Regiment, 1863-69; and a photograph album of high officers at Camp Nelson, Va., Army of the Potomac. Letters of Samuel D. French, 121st Volunteers and U.S. Army Signal Corps; Daniel Davis, William H. Lewis, John J. McDonald, and George Maret, 44th Volunteers; John Cook, 51st Volunteers; John Tidd, 109th Volunteers; Gilbert Parshall, 42nd Illinois Volunteers; and Lemi Crary, 86th New York Volunteers. Also several scrapbooks of Civil War covers, and a letter book of Gen. Samuel S. Burnside, both incoming and outgoing, 5th Division, New York National Guard, showing strong Democratic sympathies; a lecture by Myron Adams on involvement of the U.S.S. Perry in the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864; and ms. poem.
Held at the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.
 

Morton, George W. SpAmWarColl-CWColl
(Roster)
Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.

Norwood, Charles. Letter, 11 February 1865 : Camp of the 109th N.Y. Vols. near Petersburg, Va. 4 pages.

Oakley, Solomon. Papers (1850-1960). 
These papers include official correspondence and reports generated by activities of the quartermaster department. Finding aid available. boxes (2 cu. ft.)
Located at the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.

Ogden, Robert Morris. Robert Morris Ogden papers, 1889-1959.
Description: 11.5 c.f.
NOTE: This collection is supposed to have a diary written by Sgt. Fred A. Ogden.
Abstract: Correspondence pertaining to Ogden's work as a psychologist, author, and educator and to his membership in various scientific societies. Includes personal and family correspondence; financial records; notes, essays, drafts, reviews, reprints, and printed material on psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy; Cornelliana and student notebooks; photographs; a few small puzzles; accounts of the Mrs. John S. Dorsey estate; and photographs and drawings used in THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART. Also, correspondence and essays concerning Andrew Dickson White, his diaries, and the early history of Cornell; and a Civil War mess kit.
Finding aid at: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMA00476
Located at Cornell University.

Osborn, Franklin E. Letters (1862-1864). 
Letters sent to Osborn's family regarding his experiences of military life along with news about fellow soldiers in Company B. 13 items 
Located at the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.

Seward, William Foote, 1853-1928. "The Civil War--The War With Spain--The World War." Binghamton and Broome County, New York : a history. New York, Chicago: Lewis historical Pub. Co. 1924.

Tidd, John Eliza, et al. Dear friend Amelia : the Civil War letters of Private John Tidd. Ithaca, N.Y. Six Mile Creek Press, 2011.

Tidds ?, John. WineyColl 
(Enlisted man's letters, Apr 27-Oct 13, 1864)
Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.

Warner, John H.  and Melodie Foster. The Papers of John H. Warner, 1880-1956
Description:    .33 cubic ft. ( 1 box) + finding aid
Abstract:    The John H. Warner collection consists of thirty-eight letters written by Warner to family members and friends during the period October 1, 1862 - May 5, 1865.
Held at Gettysburg College.

Weeks, Edmund Cottle and Elizabeth Hunt Weeks. Papers, 1854-1935.
Description:    3.25 cubic ft 11 v
Abstract:    The collection contains the papers of Major Edmund Cottle Weeks and his wife, Elizabeth Hunt Weeks, from 1854 to 1935. The majority of E.C. Weeks' papers relate to his term as United States Marshal, 1890-1895. These records include official correspondence and record books: civil, execution, and criminal dockets; ledgers; accounts; jury lists; and subpoenas. There is also some of his personal correspondence from 1867 to 1905. The rest of the collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and genealogies of the Weeks, Craft, Hunt, Fish, and related families. It includes personal and business correspondence, 1891-1935, of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Weeks. The business correspondence relates to her interests in copper mines in New Mexico and property in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Information on the copper mines includes reports, survey materials, and drawings. There is also one photograph album which belonged to Mrs. Weeks' first husband, Gilbert D. Craft, who was a member of the 109th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. It contains photographs of fellow officers.
Held at the Florida State Archives

Williams, James M. Papers 1862-1865. 
Contains forty-four letters written from March 1862 to May 1865 by Private James M. Williams of the 109th New York Volunteer Infantry to Ruth L. Bradley of Franklin, Delaware County, New York. The letters contain Williams' comments concerning his duties, his tent mates, the weather, personal health, morale and military operations in Virginia during the last year of the American Civil War. Includes poetry by Private Williams and an envelope of flag fragments from a barracks flag that flew over the regiments camp. Amc archives. 46 items. 0.25 cu. ft.
Located at Auburn University.

Worman, Edward (compiler). 109th New York casualties at the Crater on July 30, 1864 Edward A. Worman, 2016.

Items in the museum collection are in bold.