71st Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1863)

United States     U.S. Military      New York      New York Military      New York in the Civil War      New York Civil War Union Units 69th through 102nd     71st Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1863)

Brief History
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘New York in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * New York in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for New York, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Cook, Frederick N. Journal [of Frederick N. Cook]. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * Francis, Augustus Theodore. History of the 71st Regiment, N.G., N.Y., American Guard. (New York, New York : The Veterans Association, 71st Regiment. N.G., N.Y., c1919) and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * Hawks, Steve, The Civil War in the East. Database.


 * New York. National Guard. Regiment, 71st. Official souvenir : celebration of the opening of the new armory, 71st Regiment, N.G.,S.N.Y., April 20, 1894. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. "Unit History Project : New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center citing Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912).


 * Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book,


 * Telfer, William Duff. A reminiscence of the first battle of Manassas : a camp-fire story of the Seventy-First Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book,


 * Whittemore, Henry. History of the Seventy-First Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. : including the history of the Veteran Association with biographical sketches of members. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)