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1st Long Island Volunteers Company K miscellaneous reports and documents, 1863
Known officially as the 67th New York Infantry, the First Long Island Volunteers were raised in Brooklyn in 1861. The recruits were predominantly Irish-born.
Most of these documents were written by Edmund K. Russell, who became commanding officer of Companky K in 1863 as 1st Lieutenant....
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Civil War papers (#1546) |
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| Date: | 1863-01-01/1863-01-31, 1863-01-12, 1863-02-07, 1863-03-07, 1863-03-15, 1863-03-26, 1863-03-26, 1863-04-01/1863-04-30, 1863-04-07, 1863-04-07, 1863-03-21, 1863-03-23, 1863-05-01/1863-05-31, 1863-12-17 |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 2 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13494 |
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Known officially as the 67th New York Infantry, the First Long Island Volunteers were raised in Brooklyn in 1861. The recruits were predominantly Irish-born. Most of these documents were written by Edmund K. Russell, who became commanding officer of Companky K in 1863 as 1st Lieutenant. He was eventually promoted to Captian and later finished the war as a Major. These miscellaneous reports and documents relate to the operations of Company K of the 1st Long Island Volunteers. 1) Envelope 2) Money sent home, January 3) Certificate of Disability for military discharge of Thas [Thomas?] Hallahan from Company K 4-6) Inspection Reports 7) Absence Report 8) Inspection Report 9) Money sent home, April 10) Inspection Report 11) Absence Report 12) Lt. Thomas Latchfield letter to Col. Adams inquiring about the condition of Pvt. Charles Marlow 13) Absence Report 14) Inspection Report 15) General Orders No. 67 This record contains thirty images of fourteen items from folders 2 (titled as, "Millitary: Long Island Volunteers, 1st Regiment, Co. K -- Returns, etc., 1863-64"). |
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