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From: Frances Rouse <> (by way of Tracey Converse <>
Subject: Re: soldiers file
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 19:58:05 -0600


Cathy,
If you haven't written to the state archives, you might give them a try.
Many states have the pension records, I don't
know why, but I know that the Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina have
them. I found my Confederate Ancestors at the
National ARchives.
Frances

"by way of Tracey Converse " wrote:

> In a message dated 2/3/99 5:10:47 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes: << DON"T forget the medical files, though as they are
> usually the most informative. >>
>
> I have a Confederate Civil War ancestor for which I have not been able to
> obtain medical, or pension records. I have a short paragraph I was able to
> copy from a book that lists Civil War regiments--I think it was called The
> Roster. We were told that he lost a leg at Gettysburg and this was
confirmed
> in this book. This ancestor's obituary stated that he received a pension
for
> a number of years and it just suddenly stopped without notice. He served
from
> Forsyth County, NC and moved to MO shortly after the war (1868). I have
> checked with the state Archives in NC and they said they had no record.
(Just
> that...I don't know if that meant they don't have the records or if they
just
> didn't have a record of him.)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of where else I could try to obtain pension
> records? Would these pension records also contain the medical
information on
> his injuries at Gettysburg? I understand that over the course of a few
weeks,
> he had 3 separate amputations of the same leg because of gangrene. He was a
> prisoner of war and the mentioned book does list where and what dates.
If the
> medical records are something separate, does anyone have suggestions of
where
> I could try to obtain these records?
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Cathy
>
>
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