Found some interesting things while researching CW pensions

[Rappahannock]

Those Civil War pensions reached across nations and into later centuries. Congress repeatedly passed Acts enlarging eligibility for CW pensions

Civil War Pensions - Essential Civil War Curriculum

I was researching an Irish soldier, whose widow received his pension. She moved back to Ireland and continued to receive the pension there.
Congress passed a law in 1893 that removed non-resident aliens from the pension rolls. "Following the outcry, in February 1895 the 1893 provision that had impacted so many was repealed. The pensions of those still alive were duly restored"

The Pension Crisis of 1893

How a change in Pension law cut off hundreds of widows, and how they fought back.

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A useful resource for finding your pensioner's residence is the "List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883 : giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post-office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882". https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2709973 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/31387/

If your pensioner lived to 1907 there is a huge, complete collection - Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards.
This would be great IF you could search by certificate number or by military unit... but NO. If you are searching a common name, you could have a couple hundred records to wade through.

• Fold3.com search by soldier's name
• 

  US, Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933

  NARA M850. This collection consists of pension payment cards, showing payments made between 1907 and 1933 to members of the Regular Military Establishment.

  www.fold3.com
• FamilySears.org search by widow's name, state of service, enter soldier's name as "other person"

• FamilySearch.org

  Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.

  www.familysearch.org
• FindmyPast.com search by soldier's name, filter by pension type (Army/Navy, Invalid/Widow/Dependent)
• 

  Veterans Administration pension payment cards, 1907-1933

  Do you have military ancestors from the US? Discover if their pensions were ever paid out and to whom.

  search.findmypast.com

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Thank you! All news to me and very useful information.

 

[Gary Morgan]

They would also pay pensions to widows who had never set foot in the US. There's a sailor named Thomas (Callahan) McCarthy/McCarty, whose widow and two fatherless children in Ireland successfully applied for and received a pension following his death at Andersonville.

 

[lupaglupa]

Great tips. These pensions you mention are for Union veterans - CSA veterans had different rules. Their pensions were done at the state level. Most of the former Confederate states have their pension applications online.

 

[SJU]

Rappahannock is a miracle worker. Her research crashed through a brick wall for me.

 

[Woods-walker]

Those Civil War pensions reached across nations and into later centuries. Congress repeatedly passed Acts enlarging eligibility for CW pensions

Civil War Pensions - Essential Civil War Curriculum

I was researching an Irish soldier, whose widow received his pension. She moved back to Ireland and continued to receive the pension there.
Congress passed a law in 1893 that removed non-resident aliens from the pension rolls. "Following the outcry, in February 1895 the 1893 provision that had impacted so many was repealed. The pensions of those still alive were duly restored"

The Pension Crisis of 1893

How a change in Pension law cut off hundreds of widows, and how they fought back.

clarabartonmuseum.org

A useful resource for finding your pensioner's residence is the "List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883 : giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post-office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882". https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2709973 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/31387/

If your pensioner lived to 1907 there is a huge, complete collection - Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards.
This would be great IF you could search by certificate number or by military unit... but NO. If you are searching a common name, you could have a couple hundred records to wade through.

• Fold3.com search by soldier's name
• 

  US, Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933

  NARA M850. This collection consists of pension payment cards, showing payments made between 1907 and 1933 to members of the Regular Military Establishment.

  www.fold3.com
• FamilySears.org search by widow's name, state of service, enter soldier's name as "other person"

• FamilySearch.org

  Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.

  www.familysearch.org
• FindmyPast.com search by soldier's name, filter by pension type (Army/Navy, Invalid/Widow/Dependent)
• 

  Veterans Administration pension payment cards, 1907-1933

  Do you have military ancestors from the US? Discover if their pensions were ever paid out and to whom.

  search.findmypast.com

Nice job! Thank you so much.

 

[Present Arms]

The pension records of the soldier I researched included his narrative of his service experience. His diary has been mostly lost along with this letters, so this narrative was invaluable in reconstructing his wartime experience.

 

[Story]

I was researching an Irish soldier, whose widow received his pension. She moved back to Ireland and continued to receive the pension there.
Congress passed a law in 1893 that removed non-resident aliens from the pension rolls. "Following the outcry, in February 1895 the 1893 provision that had impacted so many was repealed. The pensions of those still alive were duly restored"

The Pension Crisis of 1893

How a change in Pension law cut off hundreds of widows, and how they fought back.

clarabartonmuseum.org

Interested parties should check out this thread, in which a mystery unravels

Looking for Pension Help Re: Soldier who died in Andersonville | Researching Civil War Records & Ancestry

Hi all. Hopefully someone can help me with this. I was reading the excellent site https://irishamericancivilwar.com/andersonville-irish/ created by Damian Shiels. The site lists Michael Sullivan of the 69th New York Infantry Company K who died at Andersonville August 18th, 1864. Michael...

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