Series XV: Military, 1838-1946, inclusive
Scope Note
This series includes certificates given to commemorate appointments and changes in rank, citations and discharges from service, as well as membership to various clubs and organizations. It also includes certificates of recognition for donation of time or funds to various military causes. Some are printed on parchment with original seals.
Certificates of appointment include several from both John Stoneacre Ellis and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright. One certificate from Hempstead, Long Island dated 1819, acknowledges a soldiers enrollment in "a troop of horse artillery…comprising part of a brigade in the second regiment of the state of New York."
A War Department certificate confirms pension payments owed to Revolutionary War widow Esther Hammond.
Certificates of discharge include one for Fred W. Mather, member of the 24th Regiment, United Stated Colored Troops.
Also included are several Civil War Soldiers Memorial certificates, which list names and ranks of regiment soldiers as well as their battle history.
Appointments- Army, 1921-1926
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- Army, 1866-1868, 1892, 1911
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- National Army Draft Board, 1917
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- National Guard, 1857-1920
Folder: FF45 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- Officers' Reserve Corps, 1921
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- San Francisco City Guard, undated
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- United States Merchant Marines, 1919
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- First California Guard, 1850-1861
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- Second Brigade of the Militia of the State of California, 1862
Folder: FF74 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- Second Irish Regiment, California Militia, 1864
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- Second Regiment of New York State, 1819
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- 12th Regiment of New York Volunteers, 1898
Folder: FF44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- 66th Regiment of New York Volunteers, 1861
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Appointments- 29th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1862, undated
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Albany Burgesses Corps, commemoration of the excursion to Newburgh, 1867
Folder: FF74 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- American Expeditonary Forces Citation for Meritorious Service, 1918-1919
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Army Ordnance Association Medal of Merit, 1937
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Belgian "Croix de Guerre Belge" for Meritorious Service in Ypres, 1921
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- British War Mission, 1918
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testimonial of Gratitude for Patriotism, 1870
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- County of Richmond (S.I.) Grateful Appreciation of Patriotic Service, 1919
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Distinguished Service Medal, 1925-1926
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- "In Honour of the Commander of the American Forces in Defence of Plattsburg", 1814
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- New York National Guard, 9th Infantry Regiment testimonial, 1869
Folder: FF74 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- New York State Cross for Conspicuous Service, 1937
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- New York State Decoration for Long and Faithful Service, 1899, 1928, 1935
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- Seventeenth Ward Volunteer Recruiting Committee, New York City testimonial, 1865
Folder: FF74 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- United States Food Administration, in appreciation of patriotic service during the Great War., circa 1918
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Citations- United States War Department, for faithful service in the Ordnance Department, 1919
Folder: FF46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Discharges- Army, 1865, 1919
Folder: FF47 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Discharges- Navy, 1862
Folder: FF47 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Discharges- New York State National Guard, 1861-1959
Folder: FF47 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Discharges- New York State National Guard, 1896
Folder: FF74 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Memorials- Army Memorial, 1864
Folder: FF75 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Memorials- New York State Volunteers, 1863
Folder: FF75 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Memorials- Ohio Volunteers, 1862
Folder: FF75 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Memorials- Soldiers Individual Memorial, 1866
Folder: FF75 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Memorials- Union Defenders, undated
Folder: FF75 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Air Warden Service, 1942
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Albany Burgesses Corps, 1910
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Army of the Boys in Blue, 1884
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Disabled American Veterans of the World War, 1931
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Knickerbocker Greys, 1896-1898
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 1866-1905
Folder: FF77 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Military Philosophical Society, undated
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Minute Men of America, 1942
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- National Security League, 1919
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Navy League of the United States, 1918
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- New Jersey Union League, 1863
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- New York Society Military and Naval Officers, 1933, 1938
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- New York War Fund, 1944
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Scott Life Guard of the City of New York, 1859
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Society of the Army of the Potomac, undated
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Society of California Volunteers, 1871
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Union Veteran Legion, 1903
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- United Service Organizations (USO), 1946
Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Societies and Associations- Veterans of the National Guard, 1876
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Other- War Department certificate showing pension payment owed to Revolutionary War widow, 1838
Folder: FF76 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)