Civil War pension application files - a rich source of detail - The Diigo Meta page

• 21 Dec 09
  

  TK Sand

  news article about civil war pension applications as a genealogy source

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• 06 Nov 09
  

  Michael Hait

  Many Civil War veterans and their widows or other dependents received pensions from the U. S. government for their support. For those researchers whose ancestors received pensions for service, these files are arguably the single richest record group in terms of information contained within them.

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