Dia shuit (Hello) I know that land grants were given to Widow and Veterns that served in the Civil War. Virgina, Kentucky and Texas comes to mind.... I did find Texas on the website http://people.txucom.net/barryjl/fundh.html Is that what you mean? Aine ----- Original Message ----- From: "McNulty, Eamonn" <Eamonn.McNulty@health.wa.gov.au> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:05 AM Subject: [Civil-War-Irish] > A cairde (friends) > > I've heard it said that Irish recruits were enticed to join the on the Union > side in the Civil War with the promise of acres of land west of the > Mississippi after the war. > > Does anybody know if there is any truth in this.? > > Is mise le meas (yours respectfully) > > Éamonn Mac an Ultaigh (Eamonn Mc Nulty). > > Medical Illustration > Princess Margaret Hospital > Perth > Western Australia 6059 > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, type a message with only the word > unsubscribe > in the text and mailto:CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

I was thinking was thinking of Union veterans. "The Texas Constitution of 1867 authorized the payment of pensions to those who served in the United States military forces during the Civil War. No record exists, however, of any payment being made by the state to Union veterans." Ellen Ann Keegan wrote: >Dia shuit (Hello) > >I know that land grants were given to Widow and Veterns that served in the >Civil War. Virgina, Kentucky and Texas comes to mind.... I did find Texas on >the website http://people.txucom.net/barryjl/fundh.html >Is that what you mean? Aine >----- Original Message ----- >From: "McNulty, Eamonn" <Eamonn.McNulty@health.wa.gov.au> >To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:05 AM >Subject: [Civil-War-Irish] > > >>A cairde (friends) >> >>I've heard it said that Irish recruits were enticed to join the on the >> >Union > >>side in the Civil War with the promise of acres of land west of the >>Mississippi after the war. >> >>Does anybody know if there is any truth in this.? >> >>Is mise le meas (yours respectfully) >> >>Éamonn Mac an Ultaigh (Eamonn Mc Nulty). >> >>Medical Illustration >>Princess Margaret Hospital >>Perth >>Western Australia 6059 >> >> >>==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== >>To leave the list, type a message with only the word >> unsubscribe >>in the text and mailto:CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >>============================== >>Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >>learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >>http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> >> > > >==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== >To review past messages, visit the list archives at >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L/ > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >