Tompkins County, NY History

The 143rd Regiment, New York Volunteers, Infantry (1892). 

This is the history of the "Sullivan County Regiment" -- a well-respected Civil War outfit, largely populated with Sullivan County boys, but which also included a company drawn from Tompkins County.  Includes rosters and other individual information. 32+ pages, PDF format.  $3.50 

The Tompkins County chapter from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860).

French’s Gazetteer is, of course, the standard reference for New York information at the point just before the Civil War began.  Most county gazetteers – and there were many, including some re-published by us – subsequent to French’s either acknowledged their use of information from this source or simply used French’s information without attribution.  It is interesting today to read an account of Ithaca, NY, absent a discussion of the institutions of higher learning that are so important there today.  6+ pages, PDF format, download now for $2.25.

We'll be adding the chapter about Tompkins County from Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848) shortly as a download.