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	''[[United States\|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records\|U.S. Military ~~Records~~]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865\|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Union Pension Records\|Pension Records]]''		''[[United States\|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records\|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865\|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Union Pension Records\|Pension Records]]''

	The pension law governing claims based on death or disability from military service was passed on 14 July 1862. Later pension laws were based on length of service and disability not necessarily incurred in the service. Beginning in 1892 women who were employed as nurses by the government were also eligible for pensions.		The pension law governing claims based on death or disability from military service was passed on 14 July 1862. Later pension laws were based on length of service and disability not necessarily incurred in the service. Beginning in 1892 women who were employed as nurses by the government were also eligible for pensions.