- Descriptive Book, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Richmond Post 524.
- Staten Island Gravestone Inscriptions
William T. Davis, Charles W. Leng, and Royden W. Vosburgh
Volume One (1924) and Volume Two (1925)
- Staten Island and Its People A History 1609-1929
William T. Davis and Charles W. Leng
Volumes Three and Four
1930
- New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
Frederick Phisterer
- Civil War Medal of
Honor Recipients
from New York (archive), a terrific page at the NYGenWeb site. You'll find two
Staten
Islanders.
- New York State Units - Information on individual regiments, including recruitment area, nickname, various statistics, and other miscellaneous bits. Based on Phisterer's.
- New York State and the Civil War - a page which covers the state, including some unit descriptions. Lots of links.
- Where the Men were Obtained - for each NYS county, the units that mustered there.
- New York Regimental History bibliography (includes links).
- United States Army Military History Institute has a Directory of NY Civil War Units (choose artillery, cavalry, engineer, infantry).
- I love the Civil War Units contacts at the American Civil War Homepage.
- G.A.R. Posts in Richmond County
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Staten Island played an important role in the Civil War serving as a
staging area for a number of units and a contributor of hundreds of its citizens.
Genealogical Resources for Staten Island
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Staten Island Civil War VeteransDatabase Description
Regiments Recruited (In Part) From Staten Island [http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/obtained.htmlx ]
| 5th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 9th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 1 , 4 |
| 17th Regiment N.Y. Veteran Infantry | Note 4 |
| 132nd Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 145th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 156th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 186th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 188th Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 191st Regiment N.Y. Volunteer Infantry | Note 4 |
| 11th N.Y. Cavalry Regiment, Company A, C, E | Note 4 |
| 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment, Batteries A, B, K | Note 2, 4 |
| 5th Light Artillery Regiment, Independent battery | Note 3, 4 |
Note:
1. http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/unitinfo/9inf
.htmlx
2. http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/unitinfo/2ny
ha.htmlx
3. http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/unitinfo/11c
av.htmlx
4. http://www.civilwararchive.c
om/files.htm
This database is being presented in memory of those veterans who were recruited from, died, or were buried on Staten Island. This is a work-in-progress and as such is not intended to be a complete listing. Rather it is a first attempt to compile information from a variety of sources and present it in a searchable format. Anyone wishing to contribute to or correct information contained herein is encouraged to contact Bob O'Connor [ rwoconnor at bigfoot dot com ] .
The author wishes to thank the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences for making the following source documents available. Should you desire photocopies of the references contained in the source documents they are available from the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. Contact Bob O'Connor [rwoconnor at bigfoot dot com] for document references. These documents include:
Query
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need to be checkedI just found out that I had Staten Island family in the Civil War (Army: 66th ( more here) and 132nd, Navy: Stockdale) and will be adding Staten Island Civil War links as I find them.
Thanks to Bob O'Connor for all his hard work on this information.
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