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About the Record Set:
The National Archives description of this film set is as follows:
"The index cards reproduced on the microfilm publication T289 refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between
1861 and 1917*. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but
they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine
Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
The information provided here is virtually the same as that
in the General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, T288. Unlike the alphabetical
General Index, however, this index groups the applicants according to the units
in which they served. The cards are arranged alphabetically by state, thereunder
by arm of service (infantry, cavalry, artillery), thereunder numerically by
regiment, and thereunder alphabetically by veteran's surname. Each card gives
the soldier's name, rank, unit, and terms of service; names of relationships of
any dependents; the application number; the certificate number; and the state
from which the claim was filed."
[ *Date range in title is different than in
description.]
Sample Images
Knowing the kind of information found on an index card and what a card actually looks like
in this set can be helpful.
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This Finding Aid:
Some of the Missouri films include an extremely wide range of military units
so that the film box description, such as
"Co. D, 1 Mo. Cav.-Co. F, 3 Mo. Cav."
does not always adequately reflect the roll contents. Accessible here, through
the cluster of links below, is a detailed descriptive list of each roll. The
list is in roll number order and beneath the link to each group of films are notations giving a hint of what is in that group of films. The purpose of
this list is to provide a detailed overview of each film so the researcher can
more easily choose which roll(s) to check. A paper copy of this same finding aid
is also available in Special Collections in a blue 3-ring binder marked "Microfilms" on the Finding Aid table near
the microfilm cabinets.
Search Ideas:
Remember that men from the same town or geographic area often enlisted
in the same military unit. Whether they were related to each other or were just
neighbors, there was often some type of connection between them. Because of
that, it can be helpful to know which other men in a given unit, or their
surviving widows or dependent children, applied for a pension. The reason for
this is that other veterans who served with the applicant sometimes gave
affidavits providing detailed information regarding their knowledge of the
applicant and their service together. It can therefore be possible for
information regarding a veteran who did NOT apply for a pension to appear in the
paper work of a pension application for another soldier or his eligible
survivors.
| Abbreviations |
Rolls
258-271
Miss. Inf
Mo. Inf.
Mo. Colored Inf.
Enr. Mo. Militia |
Rolls 272-275
Enr. Mo. Militia
Mo. Militia
Home Guards
Mo. Inf.
Mo. USRC
Mo. Cav. |
Rolls
276-291
Mo. USRC
Mo. Cav.
Mo. Mil. Inf.
Mo. Lt. Art.
Mo. Inf.
Mont. Inv & Vol.
Neb. Inf. &Cav. |
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