Civil War "Widows' Pensions"
Records: 2,137,078 · Complete: 21%
The files are grouped under the soldier's name. The pensioner's name (typically the widow's) is searchable, often giving her maiden name as well. Children's names and other dependents' names are searchable as well. Case files include where and when a man served, details of his service, his life before the war, and his family, including information about his widow, children, and sometimes his parents. These files are unfilmed textual records.
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"Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/24/civil-war-widows-pensions: accessed March 6, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War "Widows' Pensions"
- Total Records
- 2,137,078 · Complete: 21%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Record Group
- 15
- Published on Fold3
- 11 Oct 2008
- Last Updated
- 03 Nov 2017
- Description
- Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910.