Staten Island, Richmond County, NY Genealogical Resources
Bible Records Books/Lookups Cemeteries Census/Directories Churches FHL Holdings Forums Genealogies History and geography Immigration Legal records Message Boards Military Newspapers Obituaries Organizations Photo tour Sailor's Snug Harbor Schools Search Site Info Site map Slaves Surnames Vitals Info: B, M, D	Genealogical Resources for Staten Island Staten Island Civil War Veterans Search is now incorporated with our sitewide search engine. Database Description 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. Regiments Recruited (In Part) From Staten Island [https://web.archive.org/web/20001109225700/http://snymorac.morrisville.edu:80/pages/library/local_history/sites/ ] 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. 9th NYSV 2. 2d NY Heavy Artillery 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20000308171815/http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/unitinfo/11cav.htmlx 11th NY Cavalry 4. The Civil War Archive 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: 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 Query Search is now incorporated with our sitewide search engine. Links need to be checked I found out that I had Staten Island family in the Civil War (Army: 66th (FamilySearch also Wikipedia and NYS), and 132nd (FamilySearch also Wikipedia and NYS), Navy: Stockdale) and will be adding Staten Island Civil War links as I find them. 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 I love the Civil War Units contacts at the American Civil War Homepage. G.A.R. Posts in Richmond County Thanks to Bob O'Connor for all his hard work on this information.
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