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The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library]. | The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library]. | ||
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Pension records of Confederate veterans, both approved and disapproved, and soldier's home admission applications are alphabetized and available at the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=426874&disp=Confederate+pension+applications+and+sol%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1021101]) and at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. The Family History Library has an index to the Union army pensions, but the actual files are only available at the National Archives. | Pension records of Confederate veterans, both approved and disapproved, and soldier's home admission applications are alphabetized and available at the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=426874&disp=Confederate+pension+applications+and+sol%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1021101]) and at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. The Family History Library has an index to the Union army pensions, but the actual files are only available at the National Archives. | ||
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'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. | |||
The Adjutant General's office has state records of volunteers and state militia (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=425623&disp=Military+records++ films 1021080]-98), including descriptive muster rolls and enlistment and discharge rolls. | The Adjutant General's office has state records of volunteers and state militia (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=425623&disp=Military+records++ films 1021080]-98), including descriptive muster rolls and enlistment and discharge rolls. | ||