Andrew D. Baird and New York Volunteer Infantry, 79th Regiment collection

The Andrew D. Baird and New York Volunteer Infantry, 79th Regiment collection spans the period 1860 to 1913 and is housed in two manuscript boxes measuring .84 linear feet. The bulk of the collection dates from 1861 to 1865 and contains documents produced, received, or approved by Baird as a Lieutenant, Captain, and Major in the 79th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Most of these documents relate to the Regiment's receipt of clothing, equipment, and supplies and consist of abstracts, accounts, correspondence, inventories, invoices, receipt rolls, and returns. Additional documents highlight the internal structure of the Regiment and include descriptive lists of soldiers, discharge and furlough papers, enlistment records, muster rolls, payment accounts and pay rolls, returns of commissioned officers, and vouchers. Remaining military items include certificates issued to Baird by the State of New York, general orders and circulars from the War Department and the Army of the Potomac, an instruction manual on the mustering of officers, a list of battles in which the 79th Regiment participated, Baird's service record, special orders and requisitions, and a statistical record detailing the Regiment's gains and losses throughout the War. The collection also includes a small amount of material relating to Baird's business, personal, political lives, including correspondence; land and property documents, such as deeds, bonds, leases, and assignments of mortgage; newspaper clippings; and religious and educational ephemera.