Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924 By Lee D. Bacon9/23/2023 ![]() ![]() As described above, the previous cut-off was. The Act of May 1, 1920 extended the qualification to widows who had married a veteran prior to 27 June 1905. Again, there was a sudden rush by many thousands of veterans who had not previously qualified for a pension. The Act of extended pension eligibility to all surviving Civil War veterans requiring only that they had reached the age of 62. ![]() (retroactive to 4 Mar 1861): Any wartime injury qualified.These are the important cut-off dates to remember (click on the name of the Act to see its full original text): 1 So the date on which a veteran or his dependent(s) applied for a pension can be very revealing. But the detailed criteria and the payment amounts changed dramatically over time. In no case was any person permitted to receive benefits from two pensions at the same time, e.g., in relation to a husband and son who were both in service.īeyond that, eligibility was principally determined by the (1) veteran’s date of application, (2) the law as it stood at that time, and (3) the veteran’s death or the degree and source of his disability, if any. Upon his death, the widow, minor children, or other qualifying dependent(s) were eligible to receive a pension based on his service. In general, a veteran was eligible for a pension if he was in Federal service at least 90 days, was honorably discharged, and was unable to support himself through manual labor. Of course, many of those soldiers went on to Federal service and would be eligible with respect to that later service. Members of home guard units and other state-mustered militia units were not eligible for a pension with respect to that service. Veterans of any rank in the Federal army, navy or marine corps (including regular army, volunteer or draftee) who served on or after 4 March 1861 were eligible for a pension upon completion of the veteran’s service if certain conditions were met as described below. For more information, see our separate post on Confederate Pensions. ![]() Although many of the concepts in this series apply equally to southern records, Confederate pensions were issued by the individual southern states. ![]()
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