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From: Charlotte ~ <>
Subject: Re: Civil War Pensions
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 07:00:57 PDT


These posts have been great...at least another place to look when I had
about given up hope...this is just wonderful...Charlotte

>From: "Reese Moses" <>
>To: "Charlotte ~" <>,<>
>Subject: Re: Civil War Pensions
>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 22:07:04 -0700
>
>Wm. Miller lived in Meigs Co. Tn. and volunteered in the Union Army. He
>lived to be almost 100 yr and received a pension all those years. But why
>Tennessee VA in lieu of Nat. Archives? I don't understand it either but
>was thankful to receive the records. They contined a wealth of info that
>we would never have known otherwise.
>
>
>
>----------
> > From: Charlotte ~ <>
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: Civil War Pensions
> > Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 6:02 PM
> >
> > Most interesting...the only place I haven't tried the Veteran's affairs
> > office...did he fight from TN or was he in a TN Union, maybe that's why
>the
> > records were in TN....
> >
> > hmmmm....Charlotte
> >
> > >From: "Reese Moses" <>
> > >To:
> > >Subject: Re: Civil War Pensions
> > >Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 19:55:47 -0700
> > >
> > >Several years ago I had applied to Washington Archives for copy of my
> > >ggrandfather's Union army record. I knew he was buried in the National
> > >Cemetery in Washington Co. Ark, had been there and had a picture. The
>told
> > >me they didn't have it. I phoned and insisted and some man told me
>they
> > >would search further.
> > >
> > >A few weeks later the Vet. Admn. office in Nashville, Tn. phoned to
>tell
>me
> > >they had it and I was at work. The next day I received a letter
>telling
>me
> > >they had the record and would send it. I sent a check for $9.? and
>three
> > >days later received a packet of almost two inches of papers. Why they
> > >ended up in that office I'll never know. He died in Arkansas where he
>had
> > >lived since shortly after the war ended. He had lived originally in
>east
> > >Tennessee.
> > >
> > >The idea from my point of view is that one can expect the records
>wherever
> > >you can find the! I always tell people though to be persistent with
>your
> > >request, especially if you are sure there should be records.
> > >
> > >Reese J. Moses
> > >Brownsville, Tn.
> > >
> > >----------
> > > > From: Margy Miles <>
> > > > To:
> > > > Subject: Re: Civil War Pensions
> > > > Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 5:23 PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Replying to List because subject is pertinent to all of us.
> > > >
> > > > I have been thinking about this and I can remember a long time ago
>this
> > >subject came up. I don't remember details so I am hoping that someone
>else
> > >on the list does.
> > > > Someone had gotten this response also from NARA and looked into it
>and
> > >found that the "XC" was some sort of "secret classification".....that
> > >evidently the files had been sealed to anyone but immediate family and
>that
> > >was also the reason that they were "in the custody of the Vet. Adm. "
>and
> > >not the NARA. Does anyone else remember that?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to all of you who have replied.
> > > > Margy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 04:25 PM 6/2/99 -0700, Kitty Smith wrote:
> > > > >Margy,
> > > > > Im March of this year I too received a letter like yours from
>NARA
> > >about
> > > > >an ancestor uncle having an "XC" file. I sent a request off to the
> > >Dept
> > >of
> > > > >Veterans Affairs in Oakland California as that is where the NARA
> > >directed
> > > > >me.
> > > > > On April 21, 1999 I received a form letter from F.M.
>Hoffschneider,
> > > > >Veteran Service Center Manager. I was informed that my request
>would
> > >be
> > > > >reviewed, etc, etc, etc,. I will give them until 6-21-1999 and
>then
>I
> > >will
> > > > >contact my local Congressman. For the life of me I can not
>understand
> > >why a
> > > > >Civil War Veteran's file is not with the Archives.
> > > > > Good Luck,
> > > > > Kitty Smith
> > > > >
> > > > >
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