This week’s #FridayFind isn’t a draft card but a pension index card!

Written By Dmitri Schmidt

For the past two finds, we’ve talked about military records from World War II, but what about records from the Civil War?

A pension index card can shed light on what company your ancestors served in and what rank they achieved. In the case of our example above, George Carpenter served with Company G of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry before joining Company G of the 145th Indiana Infantry and reaching the rank of Corporal. Furthermore, you might be able to order the pension file from the National Archives to understand this ancestor’s experiences better.

Need help doing that? Email us at emma@backlog-archivists.com!

US Civil War Pension File Index.

Dmitri Schmidt
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