Collection Policy for the Friedsam Library Civil War Regimental Collection 1/12/2016

Inspired by the Mark H. Dunkelman and Michael J. Winey 154^th New York Volunteer Infantry Collection, this collection will include material related to other regiments recruited in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Allegany counties in New York State and McKean and Potter counties in Pennsylvania. The primary area of interest for the collection will be those regiments recruited in Cattaraugus County. Regiments raised in the two neighboring New York counties and the 42^nd Pennsylvania, the Bucktails, the Pennsylvania regiment most closely associated with the bordering counties, are the second tier of interest. The collection will include official documents, correspondence and artifacts relating to individual members of the regiments as well as documents and historical publications written about the regiments themselves.

The collection may also add other regimental histories from the Union and Confederate armies as well as general histories, manuals and other material produced during the 19^th and early 20^th centuries. The focus outside of the four county area should be New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio regiments. More recent general histories of campaigns and battles where local regiments participated are better placed in the general library collection. Other material is welcome in the collection as donations, but will not be the main focus for acquisition.

1^st tier: New York Regiments 1^st Cav. (Vet.)+ 2^nd Mounted Rifles+ 5^th Cav.+* 6^th Cav.+ 9^th Cav.+* 10^th Cav. 13^th Art.+ 14^th Art.+ 37^th Inf.* 64^th Inf.+ 71^st Inf. 85^th Inf.+* 94^th Inf. +* Adrian Fay 100^th Inf.+ 105^th Inf.+* Adrian Fay 116^th Inf.+ 122^nd Inf.* 132^nd Inf.+ 154^th Inf. Dunkelman Coll.+ 160^th Inf.+ 179^th Inf.+* 187^th Inf.+ 188^th Inf.+ Other states and Navy Penn. 42^nd Inf. (Bucktails) * Penn. 11th Cavalry Conn. 9th Inf.* Fr. Leo Rizzo da Saracena Navy*	2^nd Tier: Allegany Cty. 1^st Dragoons + Wyoming* 1^st Engineers 6^th Cav. 12^th Cav. 15^th Eng. + Chau. 15^th Cav. + Chau. 22^nd Cav. + Chau. 23^rd Inf. + Erie 27^th Inf.* 67^th Inf. 76^th Inf.* 104^th Inf.+Wyoming 136^th Inf.+Wyoming 149^th Inf. 184^th Inf. 189^th Inf.	Chautauqua Cty. 49^th Inf. + Erie 68^th Inf. 72^nd Inf.* 90^th Inf. 112^th Inf. 156^th Inf.
+ Most of the Cattaraugus County regiments were also recruited from Allegany, Chautauqua, Erie and/or Wyoming counties. Those overlaps in the second tier are noted on the list. * Regiments which are represented in the collection.
5th NY Cavalry: Historic records of the Fifth New York cavalry, First Ira Harris guard: its organization, marches, raids, scouts, engagements and general services, during the rebellion of 1861-1865 27TH NY: History of the 27th regiment N.Y. vols. Being a record of its more than two years of service in the war for the union, from May 21st, 1861 to May 31st, 1863 76th NY: History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men. By A. P. Smith 85th NY: The plymouth pilgrims : a history of the Eighty-Fifth New York Infantry in the Civil War / by Wayne Mahood ; edited by David G. Martin. 122nd NY: Ruggles' regiment : the 122nd New York Volunteers in the American Civil War / David B. Swinfen. 188th NY: Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers / Valgene Dunham. Syracuse University Press, 2013. 42nd Pa.: Bucktailed Wildcats, a regiment of Civil War volunteers. US Navy: The Diaries of George H. Bandfield: Civil War Marine / edited by Troy H. Hillman and Joan Hillman-Hill. Lulu.com. [2019].