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Arkansas pension records for Confederate veterans are located at the Arkansas History Commission.  A searchable index to Confederate pension records is posted by the [http://www.ark-ives.com/documenting/confed_pensions.asp Arkansas History Commission].  The Family History Library holds microfilm copies of Arkansas Confederate pension records, 1901-1929, on 121 films. The pensions are alphabetically arranged. (Family History Library Films beginning with 1722443) Copies of individual pension records may be ordered from the Arkansas History Commission.  Pension records for Union veterans are available only at the National Archives. The Family History Library has an index of Union pensioners.  
Arkansas pension records for Confederate veterans are located at the Arkansas History Commission.  A searchable index to Confederate pension records is posted by the [http://www.ark-ives.com/documenting/confed_pensions.asp Arkansas History Commission].  The Family History Library holds microfilm copies of Arkansas Confederate pension records, 1901-1929, on 121 films. The pensions are alphabetically arranged. (Family History Library Films beginning with 1722443) Copies of individual pension records may be ordered from the Arkansas History Commission.  Pension records for Union veterans are available only at the National Archives. The Family History Library has an index of Union pensioners.  


In 1911 a special census was taken of Confederate veterans. Returns are available for 40 of the 75 counties. Abstracts of the questionnaires have been published in Bobbie J. McLane and Capitola H. Gazner,''Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans'', Three Volumes. (N.p.: Arkansas Ancestors, 1977-1981; Family History Libraryfiche 6019335). An index has been published by the same authors. All of these censuses are at the Arkansas Historical Commission, and most are on microfilm at the Family History Library. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
In 1911 a special census was taken of Confederate veterans. Returns are available for 40 of the 75 counties. Abstracts of the questionnaires have been published in Bobbie J. McLane and Capitola H. Gazner,''Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans'', Three Volumes. (N.p.: Arkansas Ancestors, 1977-1981; Family History Library fiche 6019335). An index has been published by the same authors. All of these censuses are at the Arkansas Historical Commission, and most are on microfilm at the Family History Library. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->


=== World War I (1917-1918)  ===
=== World War I (1917-1918)  ===
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