Friday, October 21, 2022

North Carolina Soldiers Pensions: Confederate

Here is one resource for researching the military background of your ancestor.

The North Carolina Digital Collections website has two collections – The 1885 Confederate Pension Applications and the d1901 Confederate Pension Applications – each an excellent resource for genealogy research.

What types of information will be found in pension applications?

  • State, County & Post Office where pensioner is living
  • Pensioner’s name and age
  • Company, Regiment where served
  • Day, Month and Year
  • If pensioner was wounded and were
  • Physician notes on wound

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