Basic Info on Civil War Pensions

[connecticut yankee]

Here is some good, basic, refresher-type information from the folks at the National Archives as to what you can expect will be in a soldier's pension file:

https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/genealogy-fair/2010/handouts/anatomy-pension-file.pdf?fbclid=IwAR320qPLmoU9k3Pkaz8XsYS7NY_YIGeqVUMPnN2sOwlvgSgITKSm6Lw9O04

 

[lupaglupa]

That's super helpful - thanks for sharing!