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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