I received a muster in/out record for an ancestor who served in Battery M, First Light Artillery Regiment from Thornton Cook County IL in 1864. He was discharged in 1864 due to disability having only served a few months. This info came from Illinois State Archives. Today, I sent for a Compiled Military Service File from NARA. Does anyone know if this will contain a Pension Application if he submitted one because of his disability? Joan in Illinois

The compiled service record will not contain the pension information. That needs to be ordered separately. We have posted articles on Civil war pensions on our site at: http://www.rootdig.com/pensions/ Michael On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:49:34 -0800 (PST), JOARDITH@aol.com <JOARDITH@aol.com> wrote: > I received a muster in/out record for an ancestor who served in Battery M, > First Light Artillery Regiment from Thornton Cook County IL in 1864. He was > discharged in 1864 due to disability having only served a few months. This info > came from Illinois State Archives. > > Today, I sent for a Compiled Military Service File from NARA. Does anyone > know if this will contain a Pension Application if he submitted one because of > his disability? > > Joan in Illinois > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings to the list. > Karima, List Administrator mailto:ILROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > -- Michael John Neill http://www.rootdig.com/gedcom.html GEDCOM file hosting services