Pension Question

[lrd89]

The pension of an ancestor who died at Andersonville after being captured at Chickamauga Sept. 20, 1863 lists different dates of death on various documents.

-Casualty Sheet says January 27, 1865. A record from the Adjutant General office, Washington gives this date also
-The muster out record says March, 1865 as does one of the returns
-Widow's Declaration for Pension says on or about Feb 26, 1865. She made the declaration on July 8, 1865.

Is it most likely he died around January 27, 1865?

The pension file is a goldmine of information about these people.

[gary]

I'm given to believe that the muster out date doesn't have to be the date one died. The paperwork caught up. Still, I doubt if the Army would pay a dead man for days in uniform that were below ground.

[lrd89]

Since the Widow's Declaration is almost exactly one month off from two of the other records, I am inclined to believe that was an error. Other family researchers think Jan. 27th was the date of death, so I think that is probably the date. Thanks.