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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | ||
For a list of record categories currently published in this collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1865475 Browse]. | |||
=== Citation for This Collection === | === Citation for This Collection === | ||
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The format for citing FamilySearch Historical Collections, including how to cite individual archives is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections]]. | The format for citing FamilySearch Historical Collections, including how to cite individual archives is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections]]. | ||
=== Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection === | |||
"Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications." database and images, ''FamilySearch (''https://familyserch.org: accessed March 25 2011), George A Bandy. August 20, 1913; citing Pension Appilictions, Pension Applications>Approved, Bandy, Georg A - Banister, George W> Images 1-4; Missouri Department of Records and Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri. | "Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications." database and images, ''FamilySearch (''https://familyserch.org: accessed March 25 2011), George A Bandy. August 20, 1913; citing Pension Appilictions, Pension Applications>Approved, Bandy, Georg A - Banister, George W> Images 1-4; Missouri Department of Records and Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri. | ||
[[Category:Missouri]] | [[Category:Missouri]] | ||