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'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' – An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, and state of enlistment; it might include rank and death information. most records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' – An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, and state of enlistment; it might include rank and death information. most records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | ||
The index to the Union pension records for all states is: | |||
*''Pension Index File, Alphabetical'' <ref>United States. Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical''. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with 540757.) </ref> | |||
*'' | Names and residences of persons receiving federal pensions in 1883 can be found in: | ||
*''Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883.'' <ref>Phillips, W. Louis. ''Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883.'' Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987. (Family History Library book 977.1 M2ph; fiche 6087608.)</ref> This includes veterans of the Civil War and the War of 1812 or their widows. | |||
==== 1890 Census Veterans Schedules ==== | |||
'''1890 Census Veterans Schedules''' - The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the state of Ohio. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in Ohio in 1890. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see [[Union Census Records|Union Census Records]]. | |||
=== State Records === | === State Records === | ||