Final Statements, 1862-1899
Records: 12,255 · Complete: 100%
The final statement was issued when a soldier died while in service and discharged by "reason of death." A copy was forwarded to the Adjutant General's Office. A document lists personal information, including cause, place and date of death; and often a physical description, birth place, and next of kin. Also included are often an inventory of possessions at time of death, heir's receipts for effects, paymaster's receipts for money owed, and forms for effects and pay when no heirs are stated.
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Source Information
Fold3, (/title/749/final-statements-1862-1899 : accessed January 24, 2020), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/title/749/final-statements-1862-1899
- Publication Title
- Total Records
- Records: 12,255 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Record Group:
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- October 25, 2010
- Last Updated
- October 12, 2011
- Description
- Final statements of deceased soldiers of the U.S. Infantry during and after the Civil War. Digitized from NARA textual records.