Mormon Battalion Pension Files
Records: 369 · Complete: 100%
Pension files of the Mormon Battalion are arranged alphabetically by name of veteran. Files typically contain survivor pension documents, affidavits by the claimant and witnesses, correspondence, medical reports and related documents supporting each claim. These records often provide enlistment and discharge dates, disability, details of service, witness affidavits, marriage and family information.
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Pension File for Joshua C Abbott
William Hyde describes the condition of Sanford Porter
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Source Information
"Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/96/mormon-battalion-pension-files: accessed August 10, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Mormon Battalion Pension Files
- Total Records
- 369 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- T1196
- Record Group
- 15
- Published on Fold3
- 25 Jul 2007
- Last Updated
- 26 Jul 2007
- Description
- NARA T1196. The Mormon Battalion was formed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1846, to support the U.S. troops in California during the Mexican War.