That's an interesting question. My first thought is if they were serving in the west proctecting the frontier from Indians, they were probably part of the Regular U. S. Army, as opposed to the volunteer armies. IF this is true, I doubt they would have been eligible for the pensions that the volunteers received. Does any one have the answer? Alice Gayley > Also, does anyone know if these galvanized soldiers also receive pensions > from the US for their service? > Lee Anne -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

I received a Civil War pension record from a shirt-tail relative of mine in July--Michael Rattican (should have been spelled Ratican), who served in the 2nd Artillery Regiment, Battery "A," U.S. Regular Army during the Civil War. He was not mustered out of service until February 19, 1867 at the Presidio of San Francisco. He enlisted on July 13, 1861 at Cleveland, Ohio, and re-enlisted on February 19, 1864 at Culpepper, Virginia. He started receiving a pension in about 1881 and continued to receive it until he died in February, 1910. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice J. Gayley" <agayley@dgs.dgsys.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] galvanized yankees > That's an interesting question. My first thought is > if they were serving in the west proctecting the > frontier from Indians, they were probably part of the > Regular U. S. Army, as opposed to the volunteer armies. > IF this is true, I doubt they would have been eligible for > the pensions that the volunteers received. > > Does any one have the answer? > > Alice Gayley > > > Also, does anyone know if these galvanized soldiers also receive pensions > > from the US for their service? > > Lee Anne > > > -- > Pennsylvania in the Civil War > http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > >

Does the record say under which Act your relative was qualifed to receive the pension? Alice Gayley Richard McConnell wrote: > I received a Civil War pension record from a shirt-tail relative of mine > in July--Michael Rattican (should have been spelled Ratican), who served in > the 2nd Artillery Regiment, Battery "A," U.S. Regular Army during the Civil > War. He was not mustered out of service until February 19, 1867 at the > Presidio of San Francisco. He enlisted on July 13, 1861 at Cleveland, Ohio, > and re-enlisted on February 19, 1864 at Culpepper, Virginia. He started > receiving a pension in about 1881 and continued to receive it until he died > in February, 1910. -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/