Civil War "Widows' Pensions"

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.

Example Records

Source Information

Publication Title

Civil War "Widows' Pensions"

Total Records

Records: 2,137,078 · Complete: 21%

Content Source

The National Archives

Record Group:

15

Published on Fold3

October 11, 2008

Last Updated

November 3, 2017

Description

Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910.