Thank you so much, your suggestion on trying the state of resident is very 
helpful and I will try it on.

Thanks to all for your help.  I like asking question because I always get 
very helpful information from all the nice people.

Thanks,
Margie Puckett Barton

-----Original Message----- 
From: PJ Achramowicz
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:45 PM
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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] miltiary records

Hi Margie:  Re your query (below) on the VA-roots list.  Whether a widow
received a pension depends on her circumstances:  was she indigent, infirm,
could she prove her marriage and her husband's service, whether she
remarried, and also of course where she lived.  If the soldier was Union,
then a pension application might be on the NARA site (or fold3.com) and
some records about trying to procure pensions might be in individual G.A.R.
and Sons of Union Veterans organizational records as they sometimes helped
veteran members in the process of procuring pensions.  If he was a
Confederate then you would have to turn to the individual Southern states
to see if a pension application was filed.  If the latter, most are indexed
and the indexes are online at each state archive or state library.  Some
state archives have digitized the pension applications and are also
online.  If for instance, the soldier served out of Virginia but he or his
widow lived elsewhere afterwards, you might want to check the state of
later residence.  My 3rd great-grandfather served the Confederacy out of
Mississippi, but he and his 2nd wife eventually moved to Texas.  His widow
then applied to the state of Texas for a Confederate widow's pension, which
was granted.  In regard to the pension applications themselves, usually the
widow's pension has more genealogical information since she was asked for
more proof of his service and her relationship to the deceased soldier.
Hope this helps.

Patricia

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:54:13 -0500
From: Margie Barton <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: military records

Question: If my great grandfather died in the camp hospital in 1863 would
his wife received a pension?

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