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Additonally, the Texas Legislature approved funds to support widows and indigent families and dependents of soldiers serving in State or Confederate forces. Lists were submitted between 1863-1865 by Chief Justices of the counties. This index can be accessed online at the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/cif/index.html Texas State Library and Archives.] Not all counties are represented in the index. These records are transcribed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865 by LInda Mearse. {{FHL|976.4 M2mL|book}} | Additonally, the Texas Legislature approved funds to support widows and indigent families and dependents of soldiers serving in State or Confederate forces. Lists were submitted between 1863-1865 by Chief Justices of the counties. This index can be accessed online at the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/cif/index.html Texas State Library and Archives.] Not all counties are represented in the index. These records are transcribed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865 by LInda Mearse. {{FHL|976.4 M2mL|book}} | ||
==== '''Union | ==== '''Union Records''' ==== | ||
In comparison to numbers of Confederate soldiers from Texas, there were relatively few Union units from Texas. An index to Union soldier '''service records''' who served from Texas is found in an Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas (NARA M393) {{FHL|881592|film}} In the index, find the name of the unit where your soldier served and make a note of it (such as Texas First Calvary). Service records are arranged by unit and then alphabetically within the unit. Find the correct film for Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas {{FHL|1292646|film}} | |||
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. | |||
<br> | Union pension files are not on microfilm and are available only at the [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/pension/1861-1934.html National Archives].<br> | ||
'''Southern Claims Commission | ==== '''Southern Claims Commission''' ==== | ||
If a Union sympathizer in Texas claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Texas counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | |||
=== Spanish-American War (1898) === | === Spanish-American War (1898) === | ||