Abstract Included are military records pertaining to Company E of the New York Volunteer Infantry 26th Regiment including a transcription of the document authorizing formation of the New York Volunteers, descriptive lists recording soldiers' information, as well as requests for same, proceedings of courts-martial, discharge notices, receipts, and other items; correspondence between Ackerman and his friends and relatives; and records of Ackerman's general store at Higginsville, Oneida County, New...

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Letters and contemporary account relating to a soldier's life during the Civil War, including references to morale, pay, promotions, and living conditions; opinions on strategy and generalship; descriptions of the battles of Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, South Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, and Antietam; and comments on actions of Generals Ricketts, Tower, Arrowsmith, Pope, Hall, and others.