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|title=Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications | |title=Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications | ||
|location=United States}} | |location=United States}} <br> | ||
== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
These records are digital images of Confederate pension files and applications for admission to the Confederate soldiers' home for the years 1911 to 1938. The applications are arranged in alphabetical order. The pensions are for Confederate veterans who were living in Missouri, although they may have enlisted from another state. The Confederate Soldiers’ Home in Higginsville, Missouri, was open for infirm and dependent former Confederate soldiers and sailors, their wives, widows, and orphans. | |||
Service records were kept for each Confederate soldier. Those records, or abstracts of those records, were compiled into individual files. Each envelope/jacket contains information and cross references to original records relating to the soldier. | |||
Service records were kept for each Confederate soldier. Those records, or abstracts of those records, were compiled into individual files. Each envelope/jacket contains information and cross references to original records relating to the soldier. | |||
These records were created as permanent record of Confederate service and to determine eligibility for benefits and admission to the soldier’s home.; | These records were created as permanent record of Confederate service and to determine eligibility for benefits and admission to the soldier’s home.; | ||
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For a list of record categories currently published in this collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1865475 Browse] link from the collection landing page. | For a list of record categories currently published in this collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1865475 Browse] link from the collection landing page. | ||
=== Citation for This Collection === | === Citation for This Collection === | ||
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{{Collection citation | text= "Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications" Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing Adjutant General's Office. Department of Records and Archives, Jefferson City.}} | {{Collection citation | text= "Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications" Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing Adjutant General's Office. Department of Records and Archives, Jefferson City.}} | ||
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*Military unit in which served | *Military unit in which served | ||
*Commanding officers of company and regiment | *Commanding officers of company and regiment | ||
*Witnesses declaring veracity of | *Witnesses declaring veracity of statement | ||
== How to Use the Record == | == How to Use the Record == | ||
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Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination. | Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination. | ||
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*Death dates may lead to death certificates, mortuary, or burial records. | *Death dates may lead to death certificates, mortuary, or burial records. | ||
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