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These records are digital images of Confederate pension files and applications for admission to the Confederate soldiers' home. 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. | These records are digital images of Confederate pension files and applications for admission to the Confederate soldiers' home. 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. | |||
These records were created as permanent record of Confederate service and to determine eligibility for benefits and admission to the soldier’s home. | |||
The information in these records is generally reliable. However, some of it depends on personal memory so it still may contain inaccuracies, such as slightly altered spellings and dates or misinterpretations. | |||
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*Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have been seeking the pension. | *Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have been seeking the pension. | ||
*When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct. | *When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct. | ||
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