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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, also known as "Seward Infantry"<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database.http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref>, was oganized at New York City from November, 1861, to March, 1862. The duty of this regiment was in the Department of Virginia until December, 1865.<ref name="null">Frederick Henry Dyer, ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'', (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at ''Civil War Soldiers Sailors System'' (database on-line) at | The 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, also known as "Seward Infantry"<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database.http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref>, was oganized at New York City from November, 1861, to March, 1862. The duty of this regiment was in the Department of Virginia until December, 1865.<ref name="null">Frederick Henry Dyer, ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'', (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at ''Civil War Soldiers Sailors System'' (database on-line) at https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm (accessed 2010).</ref> They were mustered out at New York City on December 7, 1865 under Colonel William Heine.<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database. http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref><br> | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | ||
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*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|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).<br> | *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|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).<br> | ||
*National Park Service, [ | *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm 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. <br> | ||
*[[New York in the Civil War|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. <br> | *[[New York in the Civil War|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. <br> | ||
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