On May 19, 1879 Henry P. Beatty of near Caneyville in Grayson Co., KY filed an Original Declaration for a pension. He entered the service on October 20, 1861 as a Wagoner in Company A of the 27th Regiment of KY Volunteer Infantry commanded by Captain W. W. Brady and was discharged at Louisville, KY on March 27, 1865 at the expiration of his term of service. He was 52 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall with a fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. While in the service at Elizabethtown, KY in December 1861 he contracted measles caused by exposure, which further exposure resulted in disease of the lungs at Grayson Springs, KY in the spring of 1862. At Hamburg, TN in May 1862 he was ruptured in his right side due to heavy lifting. At Mt Sterling, KY in February 1864 he accidentally, while loading a wagon, bruised his right thumb disabling it. He was treated in the post hospital at Elizabethtown, KY. He was never employed by the military after discharge in 1865. He has lived in Grayson Co., KY since the war and his primary occupation is as a farmer. Prior to his service he was in good health and is since disabled. A pension was granted and paid up to the time of Henry's death on August 20, 1893.. The documents supporting this pension application total around 75 pages. If anyone wants to see 'the rest of the story', let me know. Curt Beatty L-112