> I can't remember if I have seen this anywhere, but if a Union > solider was killed, did his widow get his pension? My > ggg-grandfather was killed in 1864 in Arkansas and although I have > his military papers, I don't have any pension info (the military > ones were sent to me by a cousin). Would he have any pension? > > Ellen <Vonkorn@aol.com> If she was still living when they began awarding U.S. Civil War pension and if she was not married to someone else (she could have married again and been widowed again and still have been eligible) she could have gotten a pension. Janey E. Joyce in San Antonio, Texas Janey Joyce <jejoyce@sbcglobal.net>