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Please note that this is a work in progress and may not be entirely accurate. Please feel free to give us a call at (518) 346-0423 or email us with any questions.

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Vale and the Civil War

Our full records are available available via an Excel workbook including Civil War Regimental nicknames.

For more detailed information there is 40 page PDF booklet.

Compiled and researched by Mark T. Bodnar with the assistance of Frank Taormina and Ryan Conklin, this booklet contains biographical information about many of the soldiers interred at Vale.

Schenectady Genesis, Volume II: The Creation of an American City from an Anglo-Dutch Colonial Town, ca. 1760-1800

Schenectady Genesis, Volume II, is a follow-up to Susan Staffa’s highly acclaimed first volume, the Colonial Crucible 1661-1774.

This standalone volume traces the four most tumultuous decades in the history of Schenectady: from the ending of the French & Indian War into the War for Independence, and later Schenectady’s own fight for independence from Albany.

A History of the Vale – Schenectady’s Historic Cemetery

The book contains chapters on the burial practices during Schenectady's first 200 years of history, the development of The Vale over more than a century, and a description of the various plots, such as the Union College Plot and the African-American Burial Plot.

Extensive appendices include short biographies of 101 notable people, as well as a listing of plantings throughout the acreage.

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